LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada twice has come close to carrying out its first execution in 12 years. And twice it failed. Condemned killer Scott Raymond Dozier says he wants to die, but the state has no clear path forward after courts blocked it from using a never-tried combination of drugs that it created after struggling to get lethal injection supplies. The delays are raising questions about whether Nevada can overcome legal hurdles to execute its first inmate since 2006 and whether the political will exists to find a way to carry out capital punishment at all. States, including Nevada, have increasingly run up against pharmaceutical companies who don't want their products used in executions, with states like Texas, Georgia and Virginia changing laws to shield information about the drugs they use and others coming up with backup methods such as gas chambers and firing squads. In an election year, few Nevada politicians are talking about possible changes to keep the death penalty viable while the state faces a court battle that's expected to be lengthy. "It will be quite a while before Scott Dozier is going to face an execution day," said Deborah Denno, an expert in capital punishment law at Fordham University in New York. Hours before Dozier was to die July 11, a judge blocked use of the sedative midazolam until at least September after drugmaker Alvogen sued.Read more on NewsOK.com
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