Mason Fritz held back tears early Thursday before a judge sentenced him to at least 10 years in prison for killing his father while under the influence of drugs.
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John Valerio was just 22 when he was first convicted of murder and placed on death row in 1988 for fatally stabbing a 26-year-old Las Vegas woman. But in 2002, after more than a dozen years of imprisonment, an error prompted a federal appeals court to overturn Valerio’s sentence while upholding his conviction.
A 64-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in the long-unsolved 1991 beating and fatal stabbing of a Las Vegas woman.
A Las Vegas woman was found guilty of first-degree murder but mentally ill Thursday for fatally stabbing her 6-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors.
A Las Vegas jury is hearing evidence Friday to help it to decide whether Javier Righetti should receive the death penalty for raping and killing a 15-year-old girl.
Javier Righetti was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday in the 2011 stabbing death of a 15-year-old Las Vegas girl, and prosecutors plan to seek capital punishment.
A friend testified Friday that Javier Righetti called him repeatedly after killing 15-year-old Alyssa Otremba, then asked the friend to take him back to the girl’s body.
A judge on Thursday afternoon found Javier Righetti, charged with killing a 15-year-old girl, mentally capable of facing the death penalty.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court decision to reject the guilty plea of Javier Righetti in the murder of a 15-year-old Arbor View High School freshman.
Brandy Stutzman must serve life in prison without the possibility of parole for her role in the murder of her husband, a jury decided Thursday.
In a Las Vegas courtroom Wednesday, Brandy Stutzman addressed the jurors who convicted her of murder and asked them to spare her life.