Just a few correction and clarifications to the section on the hearing on the death penalty.

From para #1. 139 inmates in NV have been sentenced to death since 1976, 12 have been executed, 7 died on death row, and 2 additional suicides.

From para #3. There have been 7,331 death sentences since 1976. As of yesterday there were 3,392 on death row and 1109 have been executed and 294 have either died or committed suicide.
So I am not sure where the 82% figure comes from, when 4795 is that total and that comes out to be about 65%. There are 1223 "hard life" sentences.

From para #7 & 8: This is another example of why the costs are so high. Castillo had given up appeals after his normal appeals, then outside sources convinced him to appeal.

Bill Hayes
Capital Punishment Studies
Death Row (Bobit Pub)