Nevada Assembly votes to abolish death penalty for juveniles

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<CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - The Nevada Assembly voted 40-1 Tuesday to abolish the death penalty for killers who commit capital crimes as minors, a week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled executions in such cases amount to cruel and unusual punishment.

The ban is intended "to clean up our statutes to make sure we're in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling," said Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani, D-Las Vegas, who has led two efforts in previous legislative sessions to ban executions by injection in Nevada for juvenile murderers.

Assemblyman John Marvel, R-Battle Mountain, cast the lone "no" vote on AB6, now moving to the Senate for final action. Marvel said he believes the death penalty is sometimes appropriate for juvenile murderers. But that's not why he voted against it, he said.

"I don't like the Supreme Court making laws for the state of Nevada," he said.

The ruling has had the biggest impact in Texas, where 28 juvenile offenders were on death row. Lawmakers there also are working on legislation to bring that state's law in line with the high court's ruling.>

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/mar/08/030810044.html

[GainesT1958]

1. Two important decisions...

This Supreme Court has--amazingly--made to restrict capital punishment in recent years: the case a few years ago in Arizona where the Court prohibited imposition of the death penalty by a judge alone, and--thank God--this decision prohibiting us from imposing it on juveniles--as they do in wonderfully-civilized regimes such as those in Iran, Saudi Arabia and North Korea.x(

B-)

[TaleWgnDg]

2. Uuuuummmmm . . .

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"I don't like the Supreme Court making laws for the state of Nevada," said Assemblyman John Marvel, R-Battle Mountain. LOL, how stupid can it get?

Texas insert: "Nevada"

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[Teaser]

3. Nevada will turn blue soon.

I promise.