Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE16 CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS; AID TO VICTIMS OF CRIME |
CHAPTER213. Pardons and Paroles; Remissions of Fines and Commutations of Punishments |
PARDONS, REMISSIONS OF FINES AND COMMUTATIONS OF PUNISHMENTS; STATE BOARD OF PARDONS COMMISSIONERS |
NRS213.085. Board prohibited from commuting sentence of death or imprisonment for life without possibility of parole to sentence that would allow parole.
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1. If a person is convicted of murder of the first degree before, on or after July 1, 1995, the Board shall not commute:
(a) A sentence of death; or
(b) A sentence of imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole,
Ê to a sentence that would allow parole.
2. If a person is convicted of any crime other than murder of the first degree on or after July 1, 1995, the Board shall not commute:
(a) A sentence of death; or
(b) A sentence of imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole,
Ê to a sentence that would allow parole.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1258)