Nevada to release audit on cost of death penalty

LAS VEGAS — Officials who have been studying the cost of maintaining the death penalty in Nevada are set to release their audit Tuesday, 18 months after lawmakers commissioned the review. The study from the Legislative Counsel Bureau Audit Division, which is set to be unveiled at a meeting in Carson City, comes after state legislators passed a bill in 2013 mandating a study on capital punishment. Gov. Brian Sandoval had vetoed a similar bil