Democrats in the battleground state of Nevada, long before last week's attack on a Las Vegas judge by a man with an extensive criminal history, called for reduced criminal penalties and weakened parole laws aimed at reducing the state's prison population. He was pushing for the passage of the bill aimed at.
In 2019, the Democratic-led Nevada Legislature passed AB 236, which reduces penalties for domestic violence offenders, makes it harder to classify individuals as “habitual offenders,” and weakens parole laws.
The bill passed with some bipartisan support, but Democrats have since tried to block efforts by Republicans led by Gov. Joe Lombardo to overturn some of the bill's changes.
Some of these changes likely also applied to 30-year-old Deobra Redden, who, during a sentencing hearing before Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus, accused Redden of attempted assault. He refused his lawyer's request for a suspended sentence.
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Deobra Redden lunges at Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus during her sentencing hearing on January 3, 2024. (Screenshot/Fox News)
According to local CBS affiliate KLAS in Las Vegas, Redden was released from prison in November after pleading guilty to attempted assault with great bodily injury. Additionally, his extensive arrest history predates him by more than a decade and includes three felony convictions and his nine misdemeanor convictions.
His felonies include attempted theft in 2015, assault resulting in great bodily harm in 2018, and assault constituting assault in 2021.
His misdemeanor convictions include assault with bodily injury to a family member in 2012, three counts of domestic assault in 2013, attempted theft in 2014, and further assault charges in 2016 and 2018. They include another domestic assault charge in 2021 and a criminal damage charge last year.
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Redden was sentenced to 45 days in jail for his 2012 conviction. He was sentenced to anger management courses and two months in prison and ordered to pay a fine for his 2013 conviction.
Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo speaks to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
He was sentenced to probation for his 2014 conviction, which he violated multiple times before entering the court's mental health program, and was sentenced to probation again in 2018, but the judge decided that he would granted a certain release.
At his 2021 conviction, Redden was sentenced to 12 to 30 months in prison, but was granted parole in 2022.
Redden was also charged in 2021 with attempted burglary and destruction of another person's property and pleaded guilty last year, but was released by Horthus without posting bail.
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He was given a one-year suspended sentence by Holthus in February last year, which he violated in October and was ordered to serve 106 days in jail.
“By passing laws like AB 236, Nevada Democrats have put the interests of criminals ahead of the protection of Nevada families and public officials,” said a spokesperson for Better Nevada PAC, which has close ties to Lombardo. Mann, John Burke said. Better Nevada PAC has harshly criticized Democrats' attempts to block it. change the law.
The Nevada State Capitol in Carson City, the state capital. (Education Images/Universal Images Group, Getty Images)
“Democrats will keep people like the man who attacked Judge Holthus behind bars by opening the door to reduced sentences for domestic violence, relaxing parole laws for offenders, and changing the definition of 'habitual offender.' “We can't trust them to keep us safe,” Burke added.
As a major criminal justice reform bill, AB 236 changed the definition of a “habitual defense attorney” from someone who has been convicted twice to someone who has been convicted five times, which is a major criminal justice reform bill for Nevada's judicial system. It is likely to have an impact on Redden's future.
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According to the bill, violations of parole and probation would be considered “technical violations” and less serious. It also gives judges the power to suspend a domestic violence offender's sentence if he or she completes a mandatory minimum prison term, conditional on the person undergoing a substance abuse or domestic violence counseling program. .
