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Nevada’s top court mulls criminal charges against former UMC boss

The Nevada Supreme Court posed a number of questions Monday to both prosecution and defense lawyers on an appeal to reinstate criminal charges against Lacy Thomas, former University Medical Center chief. But the justices gave no indication which way they were leaning on the June 2011 ruling by Clark County District Judge Michael Villani, who dismissed 10 felony counts that accused Thomas of funneling millions of dollars in contracts to his friends and former fraternity brothers in Chicago before he was fired. Thomas sat through the hour of arguments but declined comment later. Justice Nancy Saitta said the offenses do ...

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  1. Crooks..some of the worst wear suits. The underlying factor is always money and greed. Transparency has disappeared. Everyone has an agenda to pad their bank account. If its not outright sweetheart deals for family and friends (Berkeley, Tarkanian, Thomas, et al)...they find other ways to use their power to enrich.

  2. Once again Saitta has no idea what is going on and is a joke to justice and an embarrassment to Nevada.

  3. This is a clear explanation why Nevada NEEDS APPOINTED JUDGES, not elected judges with limited reasoning ability.

  4. This must be real difficult for the judges to decifer if this was a sweetheart deal or not. Another allegation is if work was performed or not. That must be impossible to find out for them too. There's a rat in this deal just hope they find out who it was.

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