O.J. Simpson’s story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop culture. Here’s a timeline of major events in the life of Simpson, now 70, who is up for parole on Thursday.
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After nearly nine years in a rural Nevada prison, a state board could vote this week to grant parole to one of its most infamous inmates: O.J. Simpson.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys gave opening statements Monday in the retrial against four Bunkerville standoff defendants.
A North Las Vegas man was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 16 years and a maximum of 45 years in prison after pleading guilty in May to second-degree murder with a deadly weapon in the 2014 shooting death of Roland Pleasant.
Police surveillance video released Wednesday shows a 30-year-old man pacing around a downtown street corner in the dark of night for nearly 14 minutes before whacking the head of a mannequin with a hammer.
Federal prosecutors indicated this week they do not plan to retry two of the six defendants in the first trial resulting from the 2014 armed standoff near Cliven Bundy’s ranch in Bunkerville.
Jurors in the first Bunkerville standoff trial finished their second day of deliberations Monday without reaching a verdict.
A felon who hit a legal jackpot last year has flushed away his good fortune and landed himself back in prison, 10 months after a case-sinking error by federal prosecutors allowed him to walk free on a string of armed robbery charges.
A Las Vegas jury is hearing evidence Friday to help it to decide whether Javier Righetti should receive the death penalty for raping and killing a 15-year-old girl.
A grand jury has accused two Las Vegas men of running an eBay scam, the Nevada attorney general’s office said Friday.
An attorney for Shane Schindler, charged with attempted murder for bashing a mannequin near downtown Las Vegas, told a judge on Friday that she will not challenge the defendant’s competency.
Metro officers’s constitutional rights were violated when they faced termination for refusing to cooperate with internal investigations, a police union lawsuit against the department alleged this week.
After the verdict Friday, Jerry Earl Johnson, who was acquitted of a second charge, was taken into custody without bail. He faces 10 years to life in prison at an April sentencing for the 2009 incident at Wyndham Grand Desert hotel.
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy was ordered Thursday to remain behind bars as he awaits trial on a slew of criminal charges tied to the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near Bunkerville.
The Clark County coroner’s office has ruled the Jan. 30 shooting death of Denise Gray, 40, an accident.
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