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Halverson expected to testify to grand jury next week

District Judge Elizabeth Halverson is expected to temporarily leave the hospital Tuesday to testify before a grand jury, which will be impaneled to hear evidence related to the attempted murder charges filed against her husband.

Halverson has been hospitalized since Sept. 4, when her husband, Edward Halverson, is alleged to have beaten her multiple times in the head with a cast iron skillet. The judge placed a dramatic 911 call during which she tried to keep her husband appeased while begging the dispatcher for help.


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  • Eventually, Las Vegas police showed up at the couple’s residence near Tropicana Avenue and U.S. Highway 95 and arrested the 49-year-old husband.

    A preliminary hearing for Edward Halverson is scheduled for Sept. 25. If a grand jury indicts him before that date, the case will be bound over for trial.

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    bobo wrote on September 20, 2008 04:19 PM: he should have used a chain saw !!


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    PLS wrote on September 19, 2008 08:11 PM: I still want to know why they need to pay the expense of a Grand Jury for this. Don't get me wrong, he should not have done it. But a GRAND JURY for crying out loud?



    It's bad enough we are still paying her salary when all she has been doing for the past year is sitting on her duff.



    Where do I sign up for this kind of gig?


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    Vegasgirl wrote on September 19, 2008 10:10 AM: While I am sorry this woman was hurt, I must say I listened to the 911 tape, and have to say I think there is more to this story. Sometimes people are pushed beyond what they can endure. We do not know what happened in the Halverson household entirely, but I did hear her continue to taunt him AFTER the fact, which was entirely stupid on her part. It is also a shame that taxpayer's money is continuously spent on a woman who abused her own staff, and basically terrorizes people what from I have read, then calls foul when she is held accountable. What did she do to her husband behind closed doors? I do not condone him hurting her. He should have walked away. However, I cannot imagine having to live with a woman like that and walking away with all of my faculties intact.


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    More RJ Cr@p wrote on September 18, 2008 10:17 PM: The Judge placed a "dramatic call" to 911? Dramatic in the sense that it was acted? Are the objective journalists at the RJ implying that Halverson was acting when she placed the call?? In other words, was she faking?

    Was she faking the skull fractures too?

    Honestly, is there no end to how nasty this newspaper is going to be to this woman? Talk about kicking somebody when they're down.


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    Destert_Sprawl wrote on September 18, 2008 09:18 PM: Hey Judge Halverson, you're for THE People, right?

    Get me career where I assist people "Hand and Foot". Hospitality town? I need a jumpstart.........git me a job!

    oh, nevermind.


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    pls wrote on September 18, 2008 08:19 PM: A Grand Jury for domestic violence? WTF? What makes her so dang special?


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    Cooksie wrote on September 18, 2008 07:30 PM: Poor Libby - beaten by a man she hardly knew. Now we'll have another 'circus' - this is like a 'B Movie' that runs with OJ (simply not guilty in this one, folks).


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    K2 wrote on September 18, 2008 06:43 PM: No one is making fun of her injuries. That being said, there are many more newsworthy stories than this one. If she had been randomly attacked in a parking lot she would get much more sympathy. She married this guy and was a judge. Common sense from less than a judge would tell you not to deal with a felon like she did. Trying to throw someone out when you are their only meal ticket for years can be dangerous and it proved so to her. To divorce this guy would have cost her a lot and maybe that is why she hesitated. We don't know. It probably is best that due to the obvious lack of judgement in dealing with her husband she is not sitting on the bench anymore. One poster said she should get help. I agree. It's true, the many victims of random abuse are not near the attention of this case involving a woman who clearly married trouble and is now suffering for it.


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    ET wrote on September 18, 2008 05:56 PM: Please ,tell us no more,she's a very depressing,individual,and from what we read here, nobody cares to read anymore concerning, The Drama Queen.


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    Yaz wrote on September 18, 2008 05:17 PM: Here Here DRizzle


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