Lawyers for death row inmate Zane Floyd say an untested combination of drugs planned for his lethal injection would amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
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The father of a man wanted in connection with the slaying of a 22-year-old Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty Friday to helping hide her body.
Prosecutors said they could seek capital punishment for three men charged in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in North Las Vegas.
A grand jury indicted three men with gang ties Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in North Las Vegas.
Prosecutors want Zane Floyd’s lethal injection to be given the week of July 26 inside the execution chamber at Ely State Prison. Floyd killed four people in 1999.
Video made public Wednesday shows a 16-year-old Sierra Halseth and her 18-year-old boyfriend, Aaron Guerrero, discussing what authorities have said is the slaying of Halseth’s father.
A state court judge denied a stay of execution Monday for death row inmate Zane Floyd and agreed to issue an order of execution for July 26.
As Daniel Halseth’s family and friends frantically tried to reach him, his daughter sent messages to her grandmother in an effort to keep them away, new court documents show.
A judge said he would decide within days whether to sign an order of execution for a man sentenced to die for killing four people inside a Las Vegas grocery store.
Within days, Nevada prison officials could finalize their execution protocol and disclose the lethal injection cocktail planned for the capital punishment of Zane Floyd.
Prosecutors in Las Vegas plan to decide soon whether to seek the death penalty for a teen accused of killing his girlfriend’s father.
A 16-year-old girl and her boyfriend were indicted Friday on murder charges in connection with the slaying of her father.
Prosecutors indicted a father and son on charges of beating a man to death at a Las Vegas bus stop while the father was free on house arrest after being charged with sexual assault of a child.
Police on Wednesday located the body of missing Las Vegas toddler Amari Nicholson, hours after the man charged in his death was ordered held without bail. That evening, community members gathered to honor Amari at a vigil.
Prosecutors on Monday pushed back the date they want to execute Zane Floyd for killing four people inside a Las Vegas grocery store.