In a Democratic primary race, incumbent Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson appeared to defeat criminal defense lawyer Ozzie Fumo.
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A candidate in the Clark County district attorney’s race said that if he is elected, he will not prosecute sex workers accused of prostitution-related crimes.
The Nevada Republican Party wants a Clark County Republican Party faction to pay for legal fees stemming from a lawsuit filed last month.
The justice had a key role in pushing for the creation of the Court of Appeals, and in bringing a new Supreme Court building to downtown Las Vegas.
The first participants in Nevada’s only gambling treatment specialty court program graduated on Tuesday.
The fate of a nationwide eviction ban — set to expire June 30 — is in limbo after a judge overturned the federal protection on Wednesday.
Oral arguments are expected Wednesday in front of the Supreme Court, where lawyers representing Stavros Anthony and Ross Miller will appear before the justices.
A Clark County resident is being charged with making online threats against Gov. Steve Sisolak, statements his attorney insists are First Amendment-protected speech.
A state spending panel Tuesday approved a settlement with a woman who spent more than three decades in jail before DNA evidence cleared her of a 1976 Reno murder.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a hero to the four Nevada women who now serve on the state’s historic, female-majority high court. “What a gift,” one said of her.
A Carson City judge on Monday sided with Republicans, saying certain portions of two bills passed in 2019 were unconstitutional because they increased state revenue without getting two-thirds support from lawmakers.
The Nevada Sentencing Commission on Wednesday twice rejected recommending that Gov. Steve Sisolak move to depopulate the state’s prisons in an effort to stave off the coronavirus’ spread.
Under the new Initial Appearance Court program, defendants who would have waited sometimes four days to see a judge have been appearing in court in as little as 12 hours.
The American Bar Association, the ACLU of Nevada, public defenders and law professors are all urging the Nevada Supreme Court to ban the death penalty for people who suffer from severe mental illness.
The Washoe County Commission has approved a $3 million settlement for a woman wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years and later freed by DNA evidence.