A Nevada law that requires DNA samples be taken from every person arrested on a felony charge — and criticized by civil rights groups as an invasion of privacy — has seen surprisingly little pushback in the four months it’s been in practice.
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By BEN BOTKIN / RJ
Meghan Smith is ineligible to run as a Democratic candidate for the Assembly District 34 seat, after a judge ruled she didn’t meet the residency requirements.
By JAMES DEHAVEN / RJ
A license to marry for same-sex couples finishes what Nevada’s domestic partnership law left undone more than a decade ago.
By YESENIA AMARO / RJ
Nevada officials are revising the use of force policy at the Nevada Youth Training Center and dropping a reference to the “hobbling” technique.
By SEAN WHALEY / RJ CAPITAL BUREAU
A former California schoolteacher sentenced to death by a jury in 2010 for killing his wife in a Las Vegas hotel room had his conviction and sentence upheld Thursday by the Nevada Supreme Court.
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