
Swing state Democrats reduced criminal penalties, weakened parole laws ahead of attack on Las Vegas judge
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Nevada Democrats pushed through a criminal reform bill that weakened penalties and parole laws ahead of the attack on a Las Vegas judge by a man with an extensive criminal history.
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Although the bill passed with some bipartisan support, Democrats have since sought to block efforts by Republicans, led by Gov. Joe Lombardo, to reverse some of the changes resulting from the bill.
Some of those changes would likely have applied to 30-year-old Deobra Redden, who launched himself at Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus at a sentencing hearing during which she denied his attorney's request Redden be sentenced to probation in an attempted battery case.
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