Prosecutors in Las Vegas declined to pursue the death penalty against a 27-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend’s toddler son.
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Samantha Moreno Rodriguez, 35, is charged in the murder of her 7-year-old son, Liam Husted.
Amelia Claypool’s boyfriend skirted a trial — and a murder conviction — when he accepted a plea deal in 2019. Now, her parents are demanding “a trial by jury” in a civil case.
The Nevada Supreme Court is considering whether to grant a new trial for a death row inmate accused of killing his wife in 2006 and cooking her body parts.
A 22-year-old man police have accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend’s father last week in northeast Las Vegas was granted bail on Tuesday morning.
A 17-year-old arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old man last week was granted bail Tuesday morning.
A federal judge issued a stay of execution Monday for death row inmate Zane Floyd, who was sentenced to die for fatally shooting four people in a Las Vegas grocery store.
The makers of ketamine, a drug planned for the execution of Zane Floyd, have demanded that Nevada prison officials return the supply before the lethal injection scheduled for next month.
A teenage couple accused of fatally stabbing Daniel Halseth pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges.
A woman accused of pushing a 74-year-old man off a Las Vegas bus must face a jury on separate allegations that she stole a rental car while out on bail.
Lawyers for death row inmate Zane Floyd say an untested combination of drugs planned for his lethal injection would amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
The father of a man wanted in connection with the slaying of a 22-year-old Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty Friday to helping hide her body.
Samantha Moreno Rodriguez, the woman accused of killing her son and dumping his body in Southern Nevada, waived extradition Thursday in Denver.
Prosecutors said they could seek capital punishment for three men charged in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in North Las Vegas.
After Terrell Rhodes confessed to killing a missing 2-year-old, he drew detectives a map that led them to the body, according to court transcripts.