Weekend Roundup

A Nevada Health Inspector reports a Nevada law prohibiting agencies from sharing information is interfering with the Health Dept.'s Hep-C Investigation. (KOLO News) Meanwhile, the insurance companies have started dropping Endoscopy Center doctors from their medical malpractice insurance coverage. (Review-Journal). Meanwhile Hep-C scares are causing HIV scares (Review-Journal) and the medical board is being rightfully slammed for its removal of medical malpractice information (Review-Journal)

Jury convicts a man of $3 robbery and murder (Review-Journal)

Secretary of State Ross Miller has interprets Nevada law as making it difficult to recall elected officials or get measures on the ballot. (Review-Journal)

Nevada's new U.S. Attorney Greg Brower was confirmed by the U.S. Senate (Nevada Appeal)

Noel Gage's new trial should start in late May (Review-Journal)

And a Nevada District Court found judicial candidate David Rivers was defamed by the Las Vegas Tribune (Review-Journal)

The ACLU is protecting the rights of those annoying preachers on the strip to carry wide signs (Las Vegas Sun)

Witnesses in the Henderson police shooting of Deshira Selimaj are saying the shooting wasn't justified (Las Vegas Sun)

A Washoe County jury sentenced Hamilton to the death penalty after he was found guilty of the brutal murder of a 16 yr old girl (Reno Gazette-Journal)

An editorial in the Reno Gazette-Journal suggests supporters of a judicial appointment system will have a hard time convincing voters to give up the judicial election system (Reno Gazette-Journal) [because voters have done such a crack up job of getting the best candidates on the bench so far?!?]

A streaker was sentenced to 80 hrs of community services for showing his goods to cheerleaders (Nevada Appeal)

Workers at the Regional Justice Center are getting sick from a peculiar smell (Las Vegas Sun)

The failed plot to bribe Justice (then Judge) Saitta (Review-Journal)