Recently retired District Judge Valerie Adair, a Las Vegas native who spent nearly two decades on the bench, died this weekend at the age of 56.
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The Innocence Center of Nevada, which announced its launch this week, is expected to start examining claims of innocence in criminal cases next month.
Police on Wednesday located the body of missing Las Vegas toddler Amari Nicholson, hours after the man charged in his death was ordered held without bail. That evening, community members gathered to honor Amari at a vigil.
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melanie Tobiasson has agreed to resign, rather than face ethics charges from a state disciplinary board.
“It wasn’t his nature that created the Pat McKenna that spent all that time in prison,” said brother Ken, a former Nevada lawyer. “It was the nurture part of his life.”
A judge ordered Christopher McDonnell, 29, to be sent to a maximum-security psychiatric facility until doctors deem him fit to stand trial, records show.
A judge on Monday denied bail for a 25-year-old man charged with shooting two people on the Strip, killing one.
Prosecutors formally requested an execution warrant on Wednesday for Zane Floyd, who killed four people inside a Las Vegas Albertsons nearly 22 years ago.
An appellate court has sided with Steve Wynn in his defamation lawsuit against attorney Lisa Bloom and her law firm in a legal battle over a press release about allegations against the former casino mogul.
Clark County prosecutors plan to seek a warrant of execution for death row inmate Zane Floyd as Nevada legislators weigh the future of capital punishment in the state.
UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar suffered liver failure and was hospitalized for five days after drinking Las Vegas-based Real Water, according to a lawsuit.
A 5-year-old Las Vegas girl experienced liver malfunction in November and is “lucky to be alive,” according to a lawsuit filed by her family against Real Water.
Three California women are leading a federal lawsuit against the maker of Real Water in the wake of an investigation into liver illness linked to the product.
Five people who claim they became sick after drinking Real Water, including one man who underwent a liver transplant, filed a joint lawsuit Monday in Las Vegas.
The family sued the local company that bottles Real Water on the same day the FDA announced an investigation into a possible hepatitis outbreak tied to the product.