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The state of Nevada has thousands of rape kits that have not been tested. Collected for over thirty years, Kimberly Murga, Director of the Las Vegas police forensics lab says there are plans to test every one of these rape kits, especially.

Sporadic gun related violence has been the norm in Las Vegas in the past. But over the past 12 months, gun related shootings are becoming the norm. Almost every weekend there are people being shot in and around Las Vegas. At the.

Today the U.S. Supreme Court decided Davis v. Washington (Slip Opinion 05-5224) and Hammon v. Indiana (Case No. - 05-5705, which those of us that deal with any cases involving domestic violence have been anxiously awaiting for. You may recall what I.

A 31-year-old from Texas was recently sentenced to two terms of life in prison and three lesser sentences according to 11 Alive. While one might assume from the severity of the punishment that the man had committed serious and violent crimes, the.

Police arrested Las Vegas school bus driver accused of sexually assaulting school children on his bus route. Although the culprit was arrested end of May, it appears that he may have a long history of sexual abuse. Michael Ray Banco was held.

The murderer of Marissa Shalesa Gonzales has been arrested by Las Vegas police. Shalesa was found dead in an apartment in late May 2015.  It appeared that she had been set on fire after being killed. The murder suspect admitted that Shalesa.

As I mentioned in a post earlier this month, Dr. Arthur Jordan, who is a professional witness of sorts in the government’s pharmaceutical fraud cases, is scheduled to testify this coming week in our sleepy little hamlet. Here’s the latest: Following the.

So, there’s been a dearth of news on the Allen Stanford trial in Houston this month and last, even though this has been a trial equally noteworthy of the Enron trial, which captured so much media attention throughout the nation. I think.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada has issued a warning about 44 pending measures before the Nevada legislature that are expected to stiffen state criminal laws, significantly increasing the number of people who will be imprisoned or jailed.  According to the.

When people say that there are really "two Americas" -- one for the affluent and one for the poor -- cases like Hudson v. Michigan are an illustration of what they mean. Hudson, decided yesterday by the Supreme Court, struck down the.