Elderly Man Accused of Murder in Las Vegas
This week Las Vegas police arrested an eighty-year old man for allegedly beating an elderly woman to death. He faces charges for violating Nevada murder law. In 2003 he pleaded guilty to burglary.
Nevada murder law divides murder into two degrees. First degree murder is premeditated killing or a killing done in the commission of another felony such as burglary. Second degree murder is killing done with extreme recklessness for human life, such as Russian Roulette.
Nevada murder law allows for capital punishment in first degree murder convictions. The maximum punishment for second degree murder is life in prison. People under eighteen at the time of the homicide or who are mentally retarded may not be sentenced to death.
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