Nevada’s death row houses 64 convicted killers, all men, most of whom have been awaiting execution for more than two decades.
A California man arrested last week in a three-day string of robberies and shootings in Las Vegas and Henderson has been connected to a third homicide, a senior police official said.
A state court judge denied a stay of execution Monday for death row inmate Zane Floyd and agreed to issue an order of execution for July 26.
As Daniel Halseth’s family and friends frantically tried to reach him, his daughter sent messages to her grandmother in an effort to keep them away, new court documents show.
A Las Vegas man must spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally shooting a 24-year-old liquor store clerk during a robbery, jurors decided Friday.
A man facing the death penalty and accused in the rape and killing of UNLV student Paula Davis pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Two teens were convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the shooting death of Silverado High School student Matthew Minkler.
A Las Vegas woman was sentenced Wednesday for fatally stabbing her 2-year-old son. The crime occurred in February.
In one of Scott Dozier’s final phone calls, he reached out to the office of Las Vegas attorney Tom Ericsson, who had represented the condemned prisoner for the last 2½ years of his life.
A Las Vegas man must serve up to 60 years in prison for causing a wreck that killed three pedestrians and injured three others, a judge ruled Monday.
Buried in the Nevada attorney general’s court papers over blocked lethal injection drugs sits a line that hints at a bleak future for capital punishment in the state.
Defense lawyers say condemned killer Scott Dozier has deteriorated in the darkness of prison as he waits for his death wish to be granted.
A North Las Vegas man shot and killed his 17-year-old girlfriend while playing a “stupid prank,” his attorney argued Wednesday.
A former probation officer pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder for fatally stabbing his girlfriend in their Las Vegas apartment.
A man charged with murder in the death of a 3-year-old boy refused to appear in court Friday.