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July 27, 2001. Scott Raymond Dozier (/ ˈdoʊʒər /; November 20, 1970 – January 5, 2019) was a convicted American murderer on death row in Nevada [1] for the 2002 murder of 22-year-old Jeremiah Miller, who was one of Dozier's drug associates. He would have been the first inmate executed by the state of Nevada in more than a decade, but died ...
1921–1976: Nevada State Prison gas chamber [ edit ] Prior to January 1, 1912, the law prescribed hanging as the means of carrying out the death sentence in the State of Nevada, however, upon revision of the statutes in 1911 the condemned were allowed a choice between the gallows and the firing squad.
Troy Kell. Troy Michael Kell (born June 13, 1968 [1]) is an inmate on death row in Utah. Kell was sentenced to life in prison by the State of Nevada for the 1986 murder of James "Cotton" Kelly. He was transferred to the Utah State Prison as part of a prisoner exchange program shortly after his conviction and on July 6, 1994, Kell attacked and ...
Ely State Prison (ESP) is a maximum security penitentiary located in unincorporated White Pine County, Nevada, [ 3 ] about 9 miles (14 km) north of Ely. [ 4 ] The facility, operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections, opened in July 1989. As of 2010, the prison has a staff of 406 and is a major employer in the Ely area. [ 1 ]
Jorge Avila-Torrez. Murdered 20-year-old Navy Petty Officer Amanda Jean Snell in Virginia. 10 years, 114 days. Northern Neck Regional Jail. 16054-084. Avila-Torrez was later linked to the rapes and murders of eight-year-old Laura Hobbs and nine-year-old Krystal Tobias in his hometown of Zion, Illinois.
September 8, 2024 at 6:56 PM. A Nevada coroner’s office ruled that an inmate who was pepper-sprayed, shackled and restrained with his face to the ground was killed by prison guards. An autopsy ...
He served nine years in a Nevada prison before being granted an early release in July 2017. After a private battle with cancer, O.J.’s family announced in April 2024 that he died at age 76.
Capital punishment in Nevada. Ely State Prison, where condemned inmates are housed and executed. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Nevada. There have been no executions in Nevada since 2006, in part because of a shortage of drugs used in executions by lethal injection. In April 2021, the Nevada Assembly passed a bill ...