The Washoe County Commission has approved a $3 million settlement for a woman wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years and later freed by DNA evidence.
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Less than a week remains for Clark County lawyers to rate judges in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2019 Judicial Performance Evaluation. The deadline is Friday.
A North Las Vegas man was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 years in prison after he was convicted of receiving and distributing child pornography, the Department of Justice said.
David Alan Cohen, 59, was found guilty of possession, and receipt or distribution of child pornography after a three-day jury trial in November, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Cathy Woods, a woman wrongfully imprisoned in Nevada for more than 35 years, is suing the state under a new law and may be eligible for $3.5 million in damages.
A man authorities said discussed a Las Vegas attack on a synagogue is facing a federal weapons charge after bomb-making materials were found at his home, prosecutors said.
Clark County lawyers now have until Aug. 30 to rate judges in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Judicial Performance Evaluation. The newspaper has extended the deadline.
Clark County claims in a court filing that the owners of two adjacent homes advertised as a nude resort have spent months evading being served a lawsuit aimed at shutting them down.
The complaint filed this week alleges that the school district and Maysen Melton’s parents failed to protect his fellow students despite his record as a sexual predator.