Sentence of death or life imprisonment without possibility of parole not to be imposed on person under age of 18 years.

NRS

176.025

Sentence of death or life imprisonment without possibility of parole not to be imposed on person under age of 18 years.

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.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1432 ; A 2005, 63 ; 2011, 19 ; 2015, 618 )