Clark County’s conviction review unit was created in 2016 and has two permanent employees.
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The conviction review unit of the Clark County district attorney’s office has produced one felony exoneration in the six years since it was created.
Max Berkley is a longtime public defender; Amy Wilson has practiced criminal and civil law.
The 40-year-old man pleaded guilty in connection with an internet sex trafficking sting — for the second time in four years.
Although Marty Clark, 34, of Las Vegas, was originally charged with arson, he pleaded guilty in June to a lesser charge of depredation of government property.
Prosecutors said it appeared that the 42-year-old defendant was “likely targeted as a straw buyer to feed his drug habit.”
Authorities say Vincent Okoye obtained nearly two dozen unemployment benefit debit cards from the states of Nevada and Arizona using stolen identities.
A man accused of scamming investors in a sports betting scheme pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to federal charges in the case.
A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday in a federal case involving illegal drugs and homemade weapons.
A Las Vegas woman was sentenced Tuesday in West Virginia to more than seven years in federal prison for defrauding the elderly.
Federal prosecutors asked for the mistrial in the Las Vegas case because an emergency medical condition had caused a key government witness to be unavailable.
Clarence Meekins, 36, is accused of manufacturing firearms without a license, among other charges.
Dr. Chad Hall faces charges that stem from his position as medical director of a now-defunct Henderson clinic known as Detox Solutions.
A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday in Las Vegas to possessing a pistol that was illegally converted into a machine gun.
Jonathan Raymond Lish, 38, pleaded guilty in April to a single count of distributing child sexual abuse material.