Nevada’s death row houses 64 inmates. Some of them have killed multiple people, including children. Others ended the lives of elderly victims. Some shot police officers or strangers, while others stabbed someone they knew.
Courts
A 29-year-old man was ordered to serve up to 25 years behind bars Wednesday for a central Las Vegas killing.
Investigators used records from social media, a rental truck and the victim’s phone to tie a Henderson man to the death of his missing girlfriend, court documents show.
Fourteen attorneys have applied for a seat on the Las Vegas Justice Court bench made vacant by the resignation of Melanie Tobiasson.
Family and friends of five bicyclists killed by a box truck driver filled a Las Vegas courtroom for the first of a scheduled two-day sentencing hearing.
A California attorney wants an appeals court to reconsider her request to throw out a Steve Wynn defamation lawsuit.
A Las Vegas couple are suing the producers of the popular reality show “Property Brothers” and a construction company, saying they were unhappy with their home renovations.
Justice of the Peace Melanie Tobiasson has filed a federal lawsuit that accuses the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline of violating her constitutional rights.
Child Protective Services was called five times to investigate the family of a toddler who died in a locked car Monday night, according to a Department of Family Services report.
A popular mobile gaming company on the verge of going public with a $3.6 billion valuation is at the center of a multimillion-dollar Las Vegas lawsuit over gambling addiction and alleged cheating.
A man accused of setting fire to a Las Vegas police vehicle during a Black Lives Matter demonstration must not participate in any protests for a month, a judge ruled.
Devon Cervin was indicted Wednesday on two counts of sexual assault, one count of first-degree kidnapping and one count of battery with intent to commit sexual assault.
A man accused of beating and kidnapping his girlfriend in an act caught on a home surveillance video was back in court Wednesday.
A pair of Las Vegas judges face possible suspension after a Nevada judicial panel found they posed “a substantial threat of serious harm to the public or administration of justice.”
Prosecutors threw out five felony charges Tuesday against a Las Vegas-based Republican consultant accused of sexually enslaving and assaulting his former fiancee.