Conflicted Justice & Sealing the Case

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Conflicted Justice & Sealing the Case

A system for assigning private attorneys to poor defendants in Clark County suffers from a lack of oversight that yields uneven justice and questionable government spending. In response to the findings of a six-month Review-Journal investigation, court officials have proposed dramatically overhauling the "contract attorney" system, also known as the track or conflict system.

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District judges are closing public courts, refusing to explain why and prohibiting even those involved from discussing what was done in secret. The Review-Journal finds that many such cases involve big shots, special interests and people with close ties to judges.

• See the list of other court cases that are being tried behind closed doors.
• The new court records rule is available on the Nevada Supreme Court Web site
• Order Adopting Rules for Sealing and Redacting Court Records (pdf)

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