Matt Pordum

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Court seeking state-county partnership to conduct mental tests

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

District Judge Jackie Glass isn't asking for any special treatment. Instead, she is simply seeking the same treatment District Court in Washoe County has received from the state Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services since 1999.

DA finds himself in a race

Friday, May 19, 2006

Is anyone going to run against District Attorney David Roger?

Court recordings come under fire

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Most prosecutors would drool over the chance to have recordings of what defendants and their attorneys talk about.

Phone system to help traffic violators pay faster

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

The system, which allows people to make full or partial payments or schedule a new court date, is expected to ease congestion that has frustrated people trying to take care of their traffic tickets.

Court : Sex case must be public

Friday, April 28, 2006

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state panel must conduct its proceedings in public when it determines whether a sex offender poses a high risk of recidivism.

Judges' support less than stated

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Chief District Judge Kathy Hardcastle, who wants control of the Clark County clerk's court responsibilities, doesn't have as much support from judges as she has said.

Lethal injection: Is it cruel?

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Barring a last-minute appeal, an IV will drip lethal drugs into Daryl Mack's veins on Wednesday, and if doctors' estimates prove true, he will die about 90 seconds later - punishment for sexually assaulting and strangling a 55-year-old Reno woman in 1988.

Mental health court helps man turn life around

Thursday, April 20, 2006

The 48-year-old is a diagnosed bipolar schizophrenic who, for at least the last 12 years, has only casually taken his medication between a series of short-lived jobs and cocaine binges.

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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Terry Louis has lived a life of drugs, crime and mental illness.

Nevada judges do well when cases are reviewed Nevada

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Forty-three of Nevada's 60 District Court judges were overturned at least once between January 2003 and last August, a period studied by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign journalism class.

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