Four former election observers have filed a lawsuit to block a new Nevada law that makes it a felony to harass or intimidate an election worker.
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The law increases the sentences for reckless driving resulting in substantial bodily harm or death while going more than 50 mph over the speed limit.
Lawmakers heard a bill to increase the penalty for reckless driving. The bill was inspired by the death of a Henderson boy outside his middle school.
Carlos Manuel Perez Jr., 28, died on Nov. 12, 2014, while he was serving an 18- to 48-month sentence for battery at High Desert State Prison, in Indian Springs.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo appointed Greg Gordon to serve in Department C of the court’s Family Division, according to a news release.
Two of the inmates died at High Desert State Prison, while the third died at Northern Nevada Correctional Center.
The intent of the law that was passed in 2021 and took effect January 1 was to decriminalize most traffic violations, turn charges into civil infractions and keep people out of jail.
Federal public defenders argued before the Supreme Court that lawmakers need to more clearly designate how lethal injections can be carried out in Nevada.
Nevada’s Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing for Rex’s Law, a proposed bill aiming to increase penalties for reckless driving.
Years after officials shut down a Nye County boarding school, another facility on the same property is facing allegations that have led to fines and criminal charges.