For the second time in two weeks, the Nevada Sentencing Commission is scheduled to examine controlling the spread of the coronavirus in the criminal justice system.
David Ferrara
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David Ferrara covers courts and legal affairs. He joined the newspaper in 2014 after more than six years reporting in the Deep South, where he wrote extensively about the BP oil spill. Prior to that, he worked for newspapers, magazines and a wire service in Chicago. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
A Summerlin man with a history of engaging in police standoffs has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to an indecent exposure charge.
The suit claims that Egg Works, which has seven restaurants in the valley, purchased a “Restaurant Recovery Insurance Policy” in September.
Criminal defense attorneys have begun to flood the Las Vegas court system with requests for new bail hearings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A coronavirus outbreak behind prison walls could overwhelm the Nevada Department of Corrections, documents analyzed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal showed.
District Judge Joe Hardy Jr., hoping to keep his seat in the 2020 election, faced criticism from his two opponents during a Las Vegas Review-Journal debate.
A Henderson judge reduced bail for the son of Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols, who is charged in the kidnapping and robbery of a 67-year-old man.
Nevada’s osteopaths filed a lawsuit Tuesday, asking Gov. Steve Sisolak and other state medical officials to lift a ban on the routine prescribing of two existing anti-malarial drugs to treat COVID-19.
Sheriff Joe Lombardo announced Friday that he was releasing up to 290 nonviolent inmates from the Clark County Detention Center because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Candidates Caesar Almase, Tara Clark Newberry, Bruce Gale and Jacob Reynolds are vying for the Department 21 seat in District Court.
Family Court Judge Vincent Ochoa defended his qualifications during a debate against two attorneys who are trying to unseat him.
A plan to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus inside prison walls should be reviewed by the state’s top leaders, the Nevada Sentencing Commission decided Monday.
A group of Nevada defense attorneys joined the call to release certain prisoners in an effort to stave off the spread of coronavirus.
For the second time in six months, Wayne Newton is facing a lawsuit that accuses his pet monkey of attacking someone during a tour of his home.
A Las Vegas psychiatric hospital at the center of a lawsuit over the death of a 6-year-old boy disputes a claim that the child’s mother was treated at the facility.
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