A Las Vegas family court judge should have been more thorough when considering the best school interest of a child wrapped up in her parent’s divorce, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy will face a new jury on Feb. 26 on conspiracy and other charges related to an armed standoff with federal agents.
The possibility of a mistrial in the Bunkerville standoff case was amplified this month after defense attorneys received a scathing memo outlining sweeping allegations of misconduct by federal investigators and prosecutors.
Two days after federal judge suggested the possibility of a mistrial in the Bunkerville standoff case, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and a group of Nevada newspapers asked to unseal documents discussed behind closed courtroom doors.
Elko District Judge Al Kacin recused himself because he was working at the courthouse the day police say the suspect called in the bomb threat in June and didn’t think he could be fair and impartial.
Condemned killer Scott Dozier, urging his own execution, was back in front of a judge on Tuesday for the first time since he was supposed to die.
A judge ordered four more Bunkerville standoff defendants freed from federal detention on Monday, less than a week after rancher Cliven Bundy rejected the conditions of his own release.