Wed Roundup

The Nevada Supreme Court refused to allow death row inmate William Castillo to join in a challenge to the constitutionality of the state's method of execution by lethal injection. (Review-Journal) The order is available here.

A Nevada court has awarded a $4.5 million judgment to the former Chief Financial Officer for The Mirage who was fired after it was discovered that the Strip resort had failed to file thousands of anti-money laundering reports with the federal government between 2001 and 2003. (Review-Journal)

The story of how Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker is getting more interesting. Walker is reporting that he was attacked and abducted from his Bellagio hotel room and that thieves stole $3,000 in cash and $100,000 in jewelry. (Review-Journal)

Vegas courtrooms get a lot of national television coverage because the rest of the nation thinks our crimes are particularly seedy. (Las Vegas Sun)

A bronze plaque in downtown inscribed with a poem celebrating the seedy history of Vegas and the characters that sold this town as a destination has been stolen. Police believe the thief took it to melt down the bronze. (Las Vegas Sun)

A letter to the editor reports Judge Halverson campaigned at the San Genaro Festival and yelled at people who commented about why 500 lbs of embarrassment was there. (Review-Journal)

Michael Schwarz, defense counsel for murder-for-hire defendant Nelson Brady, is asking for a mistrial due to alleged juror misconduct. Schwarz says a juror overheard private conversations between him and his client because the juror was wearing court-supplied headphones that picked up conversations typical jurors wouldn't have heard [and Schwarz didn't have the presence of mind to press the mute button]. (Review-Journal)

Clark Co. commissioners upheld the suspension of Shadow Mountain Surgical Center's business license due to the medical centers continuing use of unsafe injection procedures. (Review-Journal)