Every year, parties involved in civil actions in Clark County write thousands of dollars in checks for the right to change the judge assigned to their case.
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A Las Vegas police captain under internal investigation for arranging a private ride in a department helicopter for a rock star’s wedding proposal has retired in lieu of a pending demotion, the Review-Journal has learned.
A Carson City father shot and killed by his daughter’s ex-boyfriend has been identified by authorities as 52-year-old Guy Perry.
Lawyers appealing an ex-Nevada lobbyist’s conviction for illegally contributing to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s re-election say he should be kept out of prison while the U.S. Supreme Court ponders a forthcoming ruling on campaign finance laws that have been “twisted into a pretzel” through a series of recent court decisions.
A woman was arrested Monday after a road-rage incident lead to a shooting on the Strip.
Las Vegas police might stop responding to minor accidents because of decreased manpower and rising calls for service.
Of 31 judges in Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas justice and municipal courts, a sampling of Southern Nevada lawyers said three don’t deserve to keep their jobs: Henderson Municipal Court Judge Diana Hampton, Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen and Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Janiece Marshall.
One person was shot near the Rancho Mesa Apartments Monday night, Las Vegas police said.
Five months after an Esmeralda County man went missing, two men were arrested in connection with his death, according to an Esmeralda County arrest report.
She was a lovesick teenager when she ran away from her mother’s home in the middle of the night to be with Melvyn Sprowson. Five months later, she still is.
If potential judicial candidates are looking for vulnerable incumbents to challenge in next year’s election, they will find plenty in Family Court.
If Justice of the Peace Eric Goodman, 42, was attacked in a bathroom at a busy Summerlin park earlier this month, Las Vegas police haven’t proven it.
A live-in caregiver has been arrested in the death of his patient in Kingman, Ariz.
The female inmate found dead inside a cell at the Clark County Detention Center on Friday has been identified as Kathy Renee Priest, 46. Her death has been ruled a suicide, the coroner’s office said.
Four of 32 District Court civil and criminal judges up for election next year did not receive a majority retention score from lawyers who responded to the Review-Journal’s 2013 Judicial Performance Evaluation.