Every month, thousands of traffic tickets — even those for serious offenses — are negotiated down to parking violations to clear overburdened dockets, a Review-Journal investigation shows.
Courts
Gov. Steve Sisolak has appointed a civil attorney to fill a vacant judicial seat in District Court Department 9.
A 34-year-old man was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 48 years for a 2017 triple homicide.
A 58-year-old man pleaded guilty to elder abuse charges in connection with an unlicensed group home.
Cristiano Ronaldo wants a judge to order a woman’s lawyer to pay the soccer star more than $626,000 after claiming in a failed lawsuit that Ronaldo raped the woman in Las Vegas.
District Judge Jerry Wiese will take over as chief judge of District Court starting in July.
In a hearing Tuesday, the district attorney’s office decided to dismiss charges against Aaron Morbioli, 37.
A judge on Wednesday ordered a Las Vegas attorney facing lewdness charges to stop practicing law.
Nearly 15 years after she was released from prison, “show and tell” killer Sandy Shaw was pardoned on Tuesday by the state Board of Pardons Commissioners.
A teenager accused of killing a man and wounding a bystander in a shooting at the Fremont Street Experience appeared in court Tuesday morning.
A political consultant to several prominent local campaigns pleaded no contest to a battery charge after a fight with his partner at a Strip casino in February.
A man accused of stabbing two people at University Medical Center voiced a desire to harm himself and others, yet was apparently able to hide a knife in hospital bedding before the attacks.
A recently disbarred Las Vegas attorney pleaded guilty this month to stalking his ex-wife, court records show.
A man accused of stabbing two people early Thursday at University Medical Center, killing one, has been jailed on suspicion of murder and other charges.
A man was sentenced to federal prison for his role in setting a Las Vegas police car on fire during a May 2020 protest.
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