Defense lawyers say condemned killer Scott Dozier has deteriorated in the darkness of prison as he waits for his death wish to be granted.
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 man convicted at a retrial for his role in the death of a 22-year-old Las Vegas woman was ordered Wednesday to serve 40 years to life in prison.
A Las Vegas man with a 40-year criminal history was convicted this week on federal child pornography charges.
Covered in neo-Nazi tattoos, Bayzle Morgan would rather face the death penalty than be sentenced by a certain Las Vegas judge, his lawyer said Thursday.
An alleged Las Vegas casino con man on the run from authorities after skipping court this summer was arrested Tuesday in rural Utah.
A Las Vegas man has been ordered to serve more than 11 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, according to the Department of Justice.
Darin Imlay, a 22-year public defense attorney, has been tapped to lead the Clark County public defender’s office.
Eight-year-old Levi Echenique may have died to save the lives of other children headed to school in late August, his mother said Wednesday as the intoxicated driver who killed the boy and injured his parents was sent to prison for up to 65 years.
A Henderson woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of distributing fentanyl that resulted in a person’s death.
A man accused of selling cars in Las Vegas without a dealership license has pleaded guilty to a felony forgery charge.
A Las Vegas man was sentenced this week to 22 months in prison for evading more than $3 million in taxes for his so-called “asset protection” business and concealing $1 million in assets.
Prosecutors announced Thursday that they plan to seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing two Vietnamese tourists in a Las Vegas Strip hotel room.
District Judge Douglas Herndon sentenced Maurice Sims to four to 10 years behind bars on Thursday, but Sims already has served more than six years in jail.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the dismissal of a 14-count indictment against Las Vegas attorney Alexis Plunkett.
A 21-year-old man was given back-to-back life sentences Wednesday for two fatal shootings and a separate pair of shootings from 2016.
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