Lawmakers want to abolish death penalty in Nev.
By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
CARSON CITY — Two state legislative leaders have requested a bill be drafted to abolish the death penalty in Nevada.
Bill draft request No. 544 from Assemblyman James Ohrenschall, D-Las Vegas, would make life without the possibility of parole the maximum criminal penalty in Nevada. Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, signed on as a joint requester of the measure.
Ohrenschall had previously indicated he would propose an amendment to the state Constitution to abolish capital punishment, a process that would take five years and a favorable vote of the people to become law.