The All-Mighty Judge

A new Nevada court sends a reminder that judges have most of the power in criminal cases. How can you fight back? If you watch popular television shows and movies, you might believe that a jury of your peers decides your guilt.

Illegal Immigration Becomes More Vaporific Pick any aspect of illegal immigration and try to graph it and the results look like light-tracers from the tilt-a-whirl at the county carnival. Even the terms used are all over the map: illegal immigrant, undocumented workers,.

  On November 4, 2014, the voters of Nevada approved SJR 14 by a margin of 287,183 to 246,836.  SJR 14 was a measure asking whether the Nevada Constitutions should be amended to create an Intermediate Appellate Court.  This was the second.

Michael Brown Darren wilson, the cop who killed an unarmed black 18-year old in Missouri will not face state criminal charges.   When Wilson shot Michael Brown, at least 6 times, in Ferguson, Missouri, it triggered a tsunami of protests in the.

Nevada's Background Check Law for Handgun Purchases Being Reviewed The efficiency of background checks is still up for debate over three decades after the assassination attempt that gave birth to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) of 1993. In March.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday released its decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the blockbuster money-in-politics case of the current term. The court's five conservative justices all agreed that the so-called aggregate limit on the amount of money a donor can.

It's no secret that some convicted sex offenders are guilty of nothing more than being a teenager and messing around with a slightly younger teenager. Seehere, and here, and here, and here. But as travesties of justice go, I just learned of.

Nevada's Foreclosure Rate Highest In The Nation, Attracts Thieves For the past 56 months, Nevada has led the country in foreclosure rates. RealtyTrac recently reported the startling fact. In Nevada, according to the report, one of every 118 properties was given a.

Occupy Las Vegas: The Spirit Lives On When the tsunami rolled from New York, down the east coast through the plains and over the Rocky Mountains, America started to take notice. When the surge engulfed nations around the planet, governments paid attention.

National Crime Statistics Released — Nevada Isn't Looking Good Just how bad is the crime in Las Vegas? No one knows for sure. Reclassifications, shifting populations and other factors muddy the waters on statistics. The only thing city agencies can agree on.