Henderson Man Charged with Murder in Child's Death
This week a twenty-four year old Henderson man was charged with murdering the sixteen-month-old baby of his girlfriend. Last Friday the baby was taken to a Henderson hospital with traumatic head injuries, which she died that day from. The mother had told police that the suspect was baby-sitting.
Nevada murder law defines first-degree murder as premeditated homicide or killing that happens during the perpetration of another felony. Second-degree murder is all other kinds of homicide. Nevada murder law allows the death penalty only for first-degree murder convictions.
Nevada murder law permits the death penalty if one or more aggravating circumstances outweigh any mitigating circumstances. (A typical example of a mitigating circumstance is a difficult childhood.) Alternative penalties for first-degree murder include life imprisonment with or without the possibility of parole after twenty years, or else fifty years in prison with the possibility of parole after twenty years.
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