When Justice Elissa Cadish asked Liakopoulos if he took responsibility for the actions that lead to his conviction, he said he felt pressured into making a promise to vote for the tax increase, but that “I should have been truthful with the lady, regardless of the circumstances.” 

Advocates asked that injunctive relief include the pharmacy board removing cannabis from the controlled substance list, removing the Schedule 1 designation and declaring that the board’s authority over the regulation of cannabis no longer exists in Nevada law.

The Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) wants incoming mail, particularly greeting cards and colored drawings, to be converted into digital copies for prisoners’ tablets or kiosks in common areas. They said the new policy is meant to prevent drugs hidden in colored paper, dye or ink, from entering prison walls.

Historically, inmates in women’s prisons experience “highly sexualized and hostile” environments behind bars, that include anal, vaginal and oral rape at the hands of correctional staff.

Cannabis advocates have pointed to a disconnect between marijuana now being legal and yet people are locked out of housing and job opportunities because of past cannabis-related convictions.

The analysis comes as lawmakers in 2019 ended the practice of “prison gerrymandering,” in which incarcerated people are counted in the census as part of the county where their prison is located, rather than their last home.

But Trump’s comment mischaracterizes recent shifts in crime in the Silver State, as the latest crime data do not indicate any statewide increases in overall violent crime over the past few years.

Only 13 high risk protection orders have been issued since Nevada's red flag law went into effect in January 2020

Las Vegas resident Nathaniel DeGrave pled guilty to felony charges Monday in connection with his part in the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Though McMahill emerged as the establishment-backed candidate, he maintained that he would not be following anyone else’s playbook as sheriff, noting that he spent the majority of his law enforcement career on the “uniform side of the police department."

Quenga said the primary goal of prison industries is to transform offenders into productive citizens who have a skillset. But Neal argues that the current arrangement at NDOC is counterproductive – mainly because offenders often come home penniless and at-risk.

All three Clark County sheriff candidates — Stan Hyt, Kevin McMahill and Tom Roberts — spent most of their law enforcement careers serving on the Las Vegas police force.

Unless you’re one of the nearly dozen lawmakers who also currently work for a government agency, Thursday’s Nevada Supreme Court ruling was excellent news.

Well-funded Democratic incumbent Steve Wolfson is defending his work as two challengers for the powerful Clark County district attorney position allege sentencing inconsistencies, poor leadership and lack of progress toward criminal justice reform on Wolfson's watch.

Between 2017 and January 2022, 4,000 parole violators and 6,000 probation violators were admitted back into custody with no new conviction - nearly 40 percent of people admitted to the prison agency during those years. 

Following the indictment, Assefa is set to be arraigned in Clark County District Court on April 14.

Bettencourt said it's better for Floyd's team to be proactive, even though it's unlikely Nevada will carry out an execution given the expiration of the drug used for lethal injections.

The report was presented to a legislative subcommittee Tuesday as one of several legislative branch audits of executive departments conducted over the last year. 

The findings could answer policymakers’ broader questions, including whether society is safer with high levels of imprisonment and whether rehabilitative strategies are working.

The board on Tuesday modified an agreement with AFSCME, which represents four bargaining units of about 5,300 combined state employees, and adopted a long-delayed bargaining agreement with the Nevada Police Union.