Tag: sentencing

In a startling incident at a Clark County district court in Nevada, a judge was violently attacked by a defendant during sentencing, moments after the judge denied the defendant's request for probation.  The dramatic episode unfolded as Deobra Redden, facing sentencing for attempted battery with substantial bodily harm, and his attorney sought probation, citing efforts to turn his life around with a new job and plans for education. Judge Mary Kay Holthus, however, read aloud Redden's extensive criminal history, which included felonies, misdemeanors, domestic violence incidents, robberies, and attempted home invasion. Despite Redden's attorney advocating for probation, Judge Holthus expressed her belief that it was time for him to face a different consequence given his troubled histor...