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Conspiracy to Commit Murder

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Conspiracy to Commit Murder A lot of people don’t realize that agreeing with another person to commit a crime such as murder is also a crime. For example, a husband and his girlfriend conspire to murder the husband’s wife so the girlfriend can be with the husband. Let’s say they succeed and actually end up Conspiracy to Commit Murder

Peeing in Public

Urinating or Defecating in Public: What Does Nevada Law Say? It is against the law to urinate or defecate in public in Nevada. This includes sidewalks, roads, and in parks. You can be fined up to $2,000 and/or imprisoned in a county jail for up to 364 days if you are caught doing this. In Peeing in Public

Capital Murder Laws

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Capital Murder Laws in Nevada Capital murder is the most serious form of homicide that can be charged in Nevada. This violent crime is defined a first-degree murder carried out with at least one aggravating circumstance that outweigh any mitigating circumstances. Murder can be classified into two categories: first-degree murder and second-degree murder. First-degree murder Capital Murder Laws

NRS 207.030: Vagrancy Law

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NRS 207.030: Everything You Need to Know About Nevada’s Vagrancy Law Earlier this year, a man was arrested for vagrancy and other crimes including intimidating an officer and resisting with a deadly weapon. The vagrant made threats to kill and eat a police officer after he was caught lying on the sidewalk. He was asked NRS 207.030: Vagrancy Law

Mail Fraud

Identity theft in Nevada

What Is Mail Fraud: Penalties, Examples and Other Related Crimes I’ve been blessed to live in the same place for a very long time. We have community mailboxes or a group of mailboxes together that we go to each day to collect our mail. Over the years, who knows how many pieces of mail have come Mail Fraud

Attempted Murder by Poisoning

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Attempted Murder By Poisoning If you’re a fan of the ID channel and their shows dedicated to murder mysteries then you might have seen one or two programs that focus on poisoning as the means by which someone is murdered or attempted to be killed. One famous case that we all know about is the Attempted Murder by Poisoning

Attempted Murder

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Attempted Murder We’ve all heard the stories or have seen them played out on any ID show, where a spouse hires a hitman to kill their wife/husband, but the hitman is a police officer undercover or a person that turns to the police. The police in some cases may even create a fake death scene Attempted Murder

Drunk on a Plane

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Drunk on a Plane: Is It Illegal to Be Intoxicated in a Plane? Everyone has heard the saying, vacation begins once past security. This often refers to airport security. It’s a sentiment many can relate to. Flying isn’t always a pleasant experience, but the love for travel necessitates it. So, what happens when there’s a Drunk on a Plane