The recommendations released by the Nevada Legislative...

The recommendations released by the Nevada Legislative Commission's Subcommittee to Study the Death Penalty are now available on the Web and have been forwarded to the Legislative Commission for consideration during the lawmakers' 2003 session. The Subcommittee made 17 recommendations addressing: racial, gender and economic discrimination, aggravating and mitigating circumstances, competency and funding of counsel, juries and jury instruction, judicial functions and three-judge panels, rules of procedure and argument, DNA evidence, defendants with mental retardation, and the costs of capital punishment.