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Nevada Capital Punishment Laws<\/h1>\n
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The state of Nevada allows courts to impose the death penalty in first-degree murder cases. To impose capital punishment, the court must find the existence of at least one aggravating circumstance<\/a>. Also, the court must find that the mitigating circumstances<\/a> do not outweigh the aggravating factors.<\/p>\r\n

First-degree murder<\/a> under Nevada law is when someone commits a premeditated and deliberate killing. Also, under Nevada’s felony murder rule, someone commits a first-degree murder if they kill someone during the commission of a felony.<\/p>\r\n

For example, suppose someone commits a burglary<\/a>, which is a felony. If the burglar kills someone during the burglary, the state can charge them with first-degree murder. Similarly, homicides committed during the following crimes could result in first-degree murder charges, among others:<\/p>\r\n