A sentence of death or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole must not be imposed or inflicted upon any person convicted of a crime now punishable by death or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole who at the time of the commission of the crime was less than 18 years of age. As to such a person, the maximum punishment that may be imposed is life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
NRS 176.025
Sentence of death or life imprisonment without possibility of parole not to be imposed on person under age of 18 years
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Thompson v. Oklahoma (1988)
Most recently applied in State v. Bassett (October 2018)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1432; A 2005, 63; 2011, 19; 2015, 618)
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