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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.025 (2026)

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

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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)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1988–2023 · leading case: Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
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Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005). · cites it 2× “020 (2000) (minimum age of 16) Nevada Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.025 (2003) (minimum age of 16) New Hampshire N.”
Servin v. State, 32 P.3d 1277 (Nev. 2001). · cites it 9× “NRS 176.025 states that "[a] death sentence shall not be imposed or inflicted upon any person convicted of a crime now punishable by death who at the time of the commission of such crime was under the age of 16 years.”
State of Iowa v. Damion John Seats, 865 N.W.2d 545 (Iowa 2015). · cites it 2× “152, § 2 (to be codified at Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.025 ) (“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 .”
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). · cites it 2× “01 (1985)) (age 18); Nevada ( Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.025 (1987)) (age 16); New Hampshire (N.”
State v. Bassett, 428 P.3d 343 (Wash. 2018). “3d 270 (2013) ; Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.025 ; N.J. Stat. Ann.”
Domingues v. State, 961 P.2d 1279 (Nev. 1998). · cites it 6× “This case raises the single issue of whether NRS 176.025 is superseded by an international treaty ratified by the United States, which prohibits the execution of individuals who committed capital offenses while under the age of eighteen.”
Carter, Bowie, McCullough v. State, 192 A.3d 695 (Md. 2018). “Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 176.025 , 200.030, 213.”
State Of Washington v. Brian M. Bassett, 394 P.3d 430 (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “§ 46-18-222(1) (banned in 1977); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.025 (banned in 2015); Or.”
State v. Rivera, 172 A.3d 260 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). “02 (2016) (mandatory minimum *273 sentence of forty years of incarceration for murder when offender was under age of eighteen); Nevada: Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 176.025 and 200.030 (2015) (juvenile convicted of first degree murder subject to sentence of life with parole after…”
Brennan v. State, 754 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1999). “020 (West 1999)); Nevada ( see Nev.Rev.Stat. § 176.025 (1997)); and Wyoming ( see Wyo.”
Rogers v. State, 267 P.3d 802 (Nev. 2011). · cites it 2× “6 We further note that NRS 176.025, as amended in 2011, specifically precludes the imposition of a sentence of life without parole for a person convicted of a nonhomicide crime who was less than 18 years of age when the crime was committed; the Legislature further determined…”
Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989). · cites it 2× “040 (1) (Baldwin 1987); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.025 (1987), and a fourth, Florida, clearly contemplates the imposition of capital punishment on 16-year-olds in its juvenile transfer statute, see Fla.”
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Rogers v. State, 267 P.3d 802 (Nev. 2011). “6 We further note that NRS 176.025, as amended in 2011, specifically precludes the imposition of a sentence of life without parole for a person convicted of a nonhomicide crime who was less than 18 years of age when the crime was committed; the Legislature further determined…”
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