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