Lawyers for Daniel Rodimer, the former congressional candidate charged with murder, want texts and phone calls between him and his wife to be ruled private.
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When it came time for Jose “Chille” DeCastro to be sentenced for interfering with a police traffic stop, the prosecutor wanted him to be placed on probation. But Justice of the Peace Ann Zimmerman had other ideas.
U.S. Attorney Jason Frierson became the first African-American man to serve as Nevada’s top federal law enforcement officer in April 2022.
A change in Nevada law has allowed the Las Vegas Justice Court to establish it’s own mental health court, replicating an existing program in District Court.
Four teens arrested in connection with the fatal beating of a Rancho High student have been formally charged with second-degree murder. Also, about 100 people remembered the teen during a vigil.
A graduation ceremony celebrated 22 people who completed a diversion program for those who need help with mental health or substance abuse.
A jury awarded a Nevada prisoner more than $200,000 in damages, but the attorney general’s office is now trying to avoid paying, the prisoner’s attorneys allege.
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man who spent decades in prison after he was convicted of acting as a getaway driver in a bank robbery that ended in a FBI agent’s death.
Federal public defenders argued before the Supreme Court that lawmakers need to more clearly designate how lethal injections can be carried out in Nevada.
Robert Telles is expected to argue during a court hearing on Thursday that a judge should recuse herself from overseeing his murder case because she has not acted impartially.
Ryan Bundy, son of rancher Cliven Bundy, was convicted of assault this past month for spitting at a Mesquite store employee during the pandemic.
Former university regent James Dean Leavitt is challenging appointed Judge Maria Gall for the District Court Department 9 seat.
A candidate in the Clark County district attorney’s race said that if he is elected, he will not prosecute sex workers accused of prostitution-related crimes.