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A (record?) 30-years on death row for Nevada killer

By Douglas A. Berman

Though I am not sure if this marks a record, but this local article notes that a death row defendant in Nevada is marking a notable milestone.  The piece is headlined "Inmate on death row for nearly 30 years," and here is how it begins: Jim Monahan has been wondering a lot in recent days why Samuel Howard is still alive after almost 30 years on Nevada's death row. "My mother has died. Most of my dad's friends have died, and he continues to live," Monahan said. "He has outlived almost everyone in my family. It makes no sense financially for the state of Nevada to keep paying for these guys to stay alive." "Executing Howard will not bring my father back," Monahan said, "but may bring a small amount of closure to me and my family." March 27 marked the 30th anniversary of the day Las Vegas police arrived at 12-year-old Jim Monahan's door and told him, his sister and mother that his father had been found shot to death in a van parked along Boulder Highway...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 11, 2010 (boomark / email).