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Nevada high court asked to rule in parents’ dispute over school

The Nevada Supreme Court this week will hear arguments in a Las Vegas case seeking guidance on what factors apply in determining where a child of a divorced couple should attend school

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Las Vegas man removed from death row 31 years after first sentence

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.

Man headed to prison after attacking mannequin in Las Vegas

A 30-year-old man sat blank-faced Thursday as a judge ordered him to spend eight to 20 years behind bars for attacking a mannequin with a hammer in downtown Las Vegas this year.

 
Man gets prison term for DUI that killed Las Vegas teen

A man received the maximum sentence of eight to 20 years in prison Thursday for killing a teenager while driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

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.

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