May 7, 2021
Zane Floyd (Photo: Nevada Department of Corrections)
A federal judge declined to decide or dismiss a condemned killer's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection plan.
State lawyers told a federal judge they couldn't satisfy legal requirements necessary to put Zane Michael Floyd to death before April.
One of several drugs that would be used for convicted mass killer Zane Michael Floyd's lethal injection is due to expire Feb. 28.
Two physicians enlisted to oversee what would be Nevada's first execution since 2006 don't ever want to be identified publicly, state officials told a federal judge on Wednesday.
Zane Michael Floyd's lawyers are required to offer an alternate method of execution.
The "most serious proceeding that can possibly be in front of this court."
Zane Floyd is fighting to avoid becoming the first Nevada inmate put to death in 15 years.
Attorneys for Floyd argue the jury that sentenced Floyd to death wasn't asked to consider whether he suffered brain damage
Clark County District Court Judge Michael Villani's order followed a ruling by a federal judge in Las Vegas that stopped the state's plan to execute Zane Michael Floyd in July.
Judge says public defenders need more time to determine the constitutionality of a never-before-used sequence of drugs that prison officials want for the execution.
"The public has an interest in assuring executions proceed humanely and constitutionally."
Nevada prison officials disclosed Thursday that they want to use a never-before-tried combination of drugs for the state's first lethal injection in 15 years.
A judge said Monday that prosecutors in Las Vegas can set a date in late July for Nevada's first execution in 15 years
A state judge will decide next week whether prosecutors in Las Vegas can plan the first execution in Nevada in 15 years in late July.
A federal judge in Las Vegas said Thursday that Nevada officials can tell attorneys for a convicted mass murderer the name of the drugs they would use for his lethal injection, even if plans about doses and delivery remain incomplete.
A federal judge acknowledged Monday that with the proposed date for Nevada's first execution in 15 years to be scheduled for late July, he'll have time to review the state's unannounced lethal injection plan
A federal judge said Thursday he might issue an order to block a bid by prosecutors to have a state judge set a date as early as next month for Nevada's first execution in 15 years.
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