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Burkett was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1983. [6] In 1992, Burkett was released from prison and moved back to Las Vegas shortly after. On February 20, 1994, Burkett raped and strangled 27-year-old Tina Gayle Mitchell less than a mile away from where he had murdered Cox fifteen years earlier. [2]
This is a list of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States.The listing documents the date the incident resulting in conviction occurred, the date the officer(s) was convicted, the name of the officer(s), and a brief description of the original occurrence making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or ...
Andersen v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 135 Nev. Adv. Op. 42 (2019), [1] was a landmark decision of the Nevada Supreme Court in which the Court 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 ...
The mother of a Nevada inmate who died a year ago after he was beaten by corrections officers has filed a lawsuit accusing prison staff of conspiring with the coroner's office in Las Vegas to ...
Joseph Greco, 69, of Washoe Valley, Nev., is accused of sexual battery with two underage family members for incidents alleged to have happened between Nov. 1 and Nov. 14, 2022.
Longest serving prisoner in Nevada. Jailed for the robbery and murder of two men while he and his partner (who was the one that pulled the trigger) were AWOL from the US Navy. Set another prisoner on fire in 1973 due to a dispute about leaving a window open. Died in 2018. [38] Robert Brim (AKA Robert Mertz) 1958 January 7, 2018 59 years, 2 months
Jackie Crawford, who served as Nevada's director of corrections from 2000 to 2005, also pointed to the state’s historically low staffing levels. She described an instance when inmates were fighting under a gun post at High Desert, but the officer was too close to fire on them. One inmate was seriously injured and subsequently died, she said.
Southern Desert Correctional Center opened in February 1982 with seven 102-cell housing units, one of which housed federal prisoners until the NDOC took it over in 1987. A new 200-cell housing unit opened in 1989, and two 240-bed dormitory-style housing units were added in March 2008, bringing the population capacity from 714 in 1982 to its ...