DETERRENCE: Nevada Executions--11 out 12 Preferred Execution over Appeals
Posted: April 27, 2006
Daryl Mack, who repeatedly noted that he would rather be executed than
spend the next 20 years of his life on death row pursuing legal
appeals, was executed Wednesday for a 1988 murder
in Reno. Mack was convicted in 2002. He was the 12th person executed in Nevada since capital
punishment was reinstated in 1977, and the 11th to waive remaining appeals at the time of execution. He was the
first black man to be executed in the Nevada since executions resumed
in the state.
On the same day that Mack was lethally injected in Nevada, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the issue of lethal injection in a Florida case. Many executions nationally have been stayed because of this issue. (Review-Journal, April 27, 2006) .
There have been 15 executions in the U.S. this year, down from 17 carried out at this time in 2005. This year's executions are nearly 60% fewer than the number of executions at this time in 1999 (36). See Executions and U.S. Supreme Court.
On the same day that Mack was lethally injected in Nevada, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the issue of lethal injection in a Florida case. Many executions nationally have been stayed because of this issue. (Review-Journal, April 27, 2006) .
There have been 15 executions in the U.S. this year, down from 17 carried out at this time in 2005. This year's executions are nearly 60% fewer than the number of executions at this time in 1999 (36). See Executions and U.S. Supreme Court.