NRS 213.085

Board prohibited from commuting sentence of death or imprisonment for life without possibility of parole to sentence that would allow parole; exception

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Leonard v. State (2001)

Most recently applied in Thomas v. State (February 2004)

(Added to NRS by 1995, 1258; A 2017, 1642)

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1. If a person is convicted on or after July 1, 1995, of any crime that the person committed when he or she was 18 years of age or older, 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 that the person committed when he or she was less than 18 years of age, the Board may, in its discretion, 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.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.