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Judge attacked on the bench in Las Vegas

A Clark County judge was attacked on the bench Wednesday while sentencing a defendant in an attempted battery case. Video of the attack shows a defendant leaping over the bench and landing on top of District Judge Mary Kay Hotlhus, a former Clark County prosecutor. The 30-year old defendant, Deobra Redden, attacked the judge just after she began to impose his sentence.

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