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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017 file photo, state Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, listens to testimony during the Nevada legislative session in Carson City, Nev. Lawyers assigned to defend Alonso Perez, who is facing a death penalty trial in Las Vegas, are challenging Nevada's capital punishment law using an unusual argument. They blame the two most powerful Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly for killing discussion about two measures that aimed to repeal the death penalty as out-of-touch with today's voters and too expensive to continue. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

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