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Harry Eugene Claiborne was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada from 1978 until his impeachment and removal in 1986. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978,Claiborne was only the fifth person in United States history to be removed from office through impeachment by the United States Congress and the first since Halsted Ritter in 1936.
High Desert State Prison is a state prison in unincorporated Clark County,Nevada,near Indian Springs,northwest of Las Vegas. It is the largest institution of the Nevada Department of Corrections and the newest,having opened on September 1,2000. It has a capacity of 4,176.
Margaret Rudin is an American woman convicted of the December 1994 murder of her husband,Las Vegas real estate magnate Ronald Rudin. She was incarcerated at Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center in North Las Vegas,Nevada.
Lonnie Theodore Binion,or Ted Binion,was an American gambling executive and one of the sons of Las Vegas casino magnate Benny Binion,owner of Binion's Horseshoe. Binion's girlfriend Sandra Murphy and her lover Rick Tabish were initially charged and convicted in Binion's 1998 death,but they were later granted a new trial and acquitted on the murder charges.
Orenthal James Simpson is an American former football running back,actor,and broadcaster. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons,primarily with the Buffalo Bills,and is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time. Once a popular figure with the American public,Simpson's professional success was overshadowed by his trial and controversial acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman.
Catherine Marie Cortez Masto is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nevada,a seat she has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Cortez Masto served as the 32nd attorney general of Nevada from 2007 to 2015.
Lynette Boggs is a former Republican politician in Clark County,Nevada,and the winner of the Miss Oregon 1989 scholarship pageant. She went by the name of Lynette Boggs McDonald for most of her political career and returned to her maiden name after a 2007 divorce. She remarried in 2017 and both personally and professionally is known as Lynette Boggs-Perez.
State of Nevada v. Orenthal James Simpson,et al,Case Number:07C237890-4. was a criminal case prosecuted in 2007–2008 in the U.S. state of Nevada,primarily involving the retired American football player O. J. Simpson.
Yale Lance Galanter is an American lawyer and legal commentator. He is currently a criminal defense attorney based in Miami,Florida. He is best known for representing O. J. Simpson through his 2008 Las Vegas robbery case.
Dario Herrera is a former Democratic politician from Nevada. Herrera was considered a rising star in the Democratic Party until his defeat for election to the United States House of Representatives in 2002 and his subsequent convictions on federal public corruption charges.
Dayvid Figler is an American performer,author and trial lawyer. He successfully took the Nevada bar exam at age 23. In 2003,he began and served a short term as a Las Vegas municipal court judge after being appointed by Mayor Oscar B. Goodman. Apart from his success as one of the better known criminal defense attorneys in Las Vegas,he has become a regarded legal commentator,one of the most quoted authorities on Las Vegas,and a prolific radio commentator and writer on a variety of topics related to Las Vegas.
Gloria Maria Navarro is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Kathleen Granahan Kane is an American former politician and lawyer who served as the 48th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 2013 until her resignation in 2016 following her conviction for perjury,obstruction of justice and related charges for illegal activities while she was attorney general. She was the first woman and first Democrat ever elected to the position.
Death in the Desert:The Ted Binion Homicide Case is a 2000 biographical and crime account by the American journalist and crime author Cathy Scott,with a second edition in 2012. The book,which was the first of four released about the case,details the homicide investigation and ensuing trial and re-trial of Ted Binion’s live-in girlfriend Sandy Murphy and her lover Rick Tabish in connection with Binion's death.
This list contains incidents of misconduct that have resulted in a conviction,confession,plea bargain or some sort of administrative disciplinary action taken against a member of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Excluded are allegations and lawsuits that have not been adjudicated.
Aaron Darnell Ford is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 34th Attorney General of Nevada,since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a Nevada State Senator for the 11th district from 2013 to 2018,which encompasses parts of the Las Vegas Valley including portions of the communities of Spring Valley and Enterprise.
Kirstin Blaise Lobato is a Nevada woman who was exonerated for the July 2001 murder and mutilation of Duran Bailey,a homeless man from St. Louis who was living in Las Vegas at the time of his death. At her first trial in May 2002,she was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced from 40 to 100 years in prison. In a 2006 retrial,she was convicted of the lesser charges of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 13 to 45 years. Lobato's case gained significant notoriety due to the publication of new evidence,which some believe points to her innocence of the crime.
Michael Pariente is an American criminal defense attorney and the founder of Pariente Law Firm. He has been lead counsel in several high-profile cases,including Andersen v. Eighth Judicial District Court,which entitled every defendant charged with misdemeanor domestic battery to a jury trial in the State of Nevada. The case has been called "the most significant Nevada Supreme Court case of the 21st century."
William Hodgman is an American lawyer and prosecutor. He served as a prosecutor during the O. J. Simpson murder trial,a role in which he gained international attention. He also served as the Assistant District Attorney for line operations in the Los Angeles District Attorney's office.
The Binion hoard was Ted Binion's collection of silver and silver dollars. Binion had a safe installed in the ground at his Pahrump,Nevada ranch and he stored his silver there including 100,000 silver dollars. In 1998 Ted Binion died of an overdose and authorities determined that he had been murdered. Two people were arrested and convicted of his murder and a total of six people were arrested for going into binion's safe and taking silver from his property. All six people were convicted for grand larceny and burglary.
