213.085 - Board prohibited from commuting sentence of death or imprisonment for life without possibility of parole to sentence that would allow parole. - Nevada Statutes

213.085  Board prohibited from commuting sentence of death or imprisonment for life without possibility of parole to sentence that would allow parole.

      1.  If a person is convicted of murder of the first degree before, on or after July 1, 1995, the Board shall not commute:

      (a) A sentence of death; or

      (b) A sentence of imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole,

Ê to a sentence that would allow parole.

      2.  If a person is convicted of any crime other than murder of the first degree on or after July 1, 1995, the Board shall not commute:

      (a) A sentence of death; or

      (b) A sentence of imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole,

Ê to a sentence that would allow parole.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 1258)