Defense lawyers say condemned killer Scott Dozier has deteriorated in the darkness of prison as he waits for his death wish to be granted.
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Federal prosecutors asked a judge to reconsider her decision to dismiss charges against rancher Cliven Bundy and others, while dropping an indictment against four defendants who have yet to face a jury, according to court papers filed Wednesday.
Federal authorities on Wednesday announced dozens of arrests in connection with a Henderson-based investigation into a global cybercrime ring that allegedly defrauded people around the world of more than $530 million.
A trial for Gold Butte rancher Cliven Bundy, two of his sons and another man was delayed Tuesday for at least a week.
Longtime estate attorney Robert Graham pleaded guilty in District Court Thursday to stealing millions of dollars from clients, many of whom relied financially on trust funds he oversaw.
Several Nevada Supreme Court justices appeared inclined Thursday to send back to district court a thorny dispute over where a child of a divorced Las Vegas couple should attend school.
After two homeless men were killed in similar incidents earlier this year, Las Vegas police said they were forced to look beyond traditional investigative techniques to find a suspect.
Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday in the conspiracy trial against six men accused of participating in an armed standoff against federal law enforcement agents who tried to impound rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle.
Lawyers for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump advisor Roger Stone and his group “Stop the Steal” agreed in a Nevada federal court on Monday to inform a group of exit poll volunteers about the legal ramifications of voter intimidation.
Albert Gutierrez was too old to continue down the path he was on, which included sleepless nights locked up in jail. Years of alcohol abuse had left the 70-year-old U.S. Army veteran in trouble with the law and estranged from his family. When the treatment court known as Veterans Court was made an option to him, he had a choice.
A federal judge has dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed in 2014 by Las Vegas attorney David Phillips against the State Bar of Nevada.
Two towns in the western United States and their joint water company on Monday lost a U.S. federal lawsuit claiming they discriminated against residents who did not belong to an unacknowledged offshoot of the Mormon Church.
Voting rights advocates said Monday they have sent a pre-litigation notice letter to Nevada officials, warning that the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is failing to meet its federally mandated voter registration obligations.
Two years ago, she was forced into a life of prostitution and tortured for months, left nearly dead in a fast food restaurant parking lot.
Cliven Bundy’s family is using social media to plan a rally outside the federal courthouse on Thursday before his arraignment on felony charges stemming from the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near Bunkerville.