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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Nevada's first execution in nearly 16 years on hold again

Nevada Department of Corrections

Nevada’s first execution in nearly 16 years is on hold again after the state’s lawyers told a federal judge on Monday they couldn’t possibly satisfy the legal requirements necessary to put Zane Michael Floyd to death before April.

“It would be impossible,” Randall Gilmer, chief deputy Nevada attorney general, told U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware II.

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