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Security for Trump, Pence visits after Oct. 1 shooting cost Nevada $34K

Nevada lawmakers on Thursday moved to replenish a state fund earmarked for protecting visiting politicians. The fund was unexpectedly depleted in the wake of the Oct. 1 mass shooting, which prompted visits from President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

Nevada inmate asks judge anew to let execution proceed

Condemned killer Scott Dozier, urging his own execution, was back in front of a judge on Tuesday for the first time since he was supposed to die.

Man who fled Las Vegas shooting is killed by hit-and-run driver

Roy McClellan, who had worked odd jobs, had good days and he had bad days before the festival, his wife said. But the shooting’s aftermath was a blow, worsening his existing troubles. Then, on Nov. 17, she learned he’d been killed. A driver on State Route 160 in Pahrump hit him and sped away.

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Condemned Nevada prisoner wants execution to proceed Tuesday

At what likely was his last court appearance, Scott Dozier told a judge Wednesday afternoon, just as he has for more than a year, that he wants officials to carry out his death sentence.

Attorneys for Nevada inmate not seeking stay of execution

Attorneys representing Scott Dozier have pushed to ensure that his lethal injection is carried out humanely, but after more than an hour of argument on Monday, they told a judge in Las Vegas that they were not asking her to postpone the execution.

 
Mesquite has little to say about Las Vegas gunman — VIDEO

A team of Review-Journal reporters were in Mesquite looking into Stephen Paddock’s past on Friday. They report on what they found during their interviews at businesses and with Mesquite officials.

ACLU opposes drug cocktail planned for Nevada inmate’s execution

The Nevada branch of the American Civil Liberties Union expressed concern Friday about the lethal drug cocktail proposed by state prison officials in the planned execution of condemned inmate Scott Dozier.

 
Condemned man restates death wish in Las Vegas courtroom

Lawyers for condemned Nevada prisoner Scott Dozier, who has pushed for his own execution, filed court papers this week to ensure that the death penalty is carried out legally.

In Strohmeyer case, ‘bad Samaritan’ David Cash led to new law

While little Sherrice Iverson’s death 20 years ago was heinous, and Jeremy Strohmeyer’s confession was chilling, a third player in the high-profile case proved controversial: David Cash Jr., Strohmeyer’s best friend.