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Nev.’s $860,000 execution chamber gathering dust

Published: November 27, 2016  By: admin, In: Featured Articles, News,  2 Comments
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Nevada's execution chamber at Ely State Prison. Photo/Nevada Department of Corrections

Nevada’s execution chamber at Ely State Prison. Photo/Nevada Department of Corrections

By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal

CARSON CITY — Nevada’s new execution chamber at Ely State Prison is finished, but there is no expectation it will be used anytime soon.

The state can no longer obtain the drugs it needs to proceed with an execution.

Nearly $860,000 was approved for the new chamber by the 2015 Legislature to replace the death chamber at the now closed Nevada State Prison in Carson City.

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  1. don't give up says - Posted: November 28, 2016

    They can’t get the needed drugs. Nonsense, just politics. The same drug used to put our pets to sleep works just as well with humans but this is too simple and straight forward when the anti-death penalty crowd makes itself known.

  2. steven says - Posted: November 28, 2016

    Oh, just get a rope ! I believe electricity does the job.