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Former Las Vegas-area politician gets 28 years in prison for killing journalist
A former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official was sentenced Wednesday to serve at least 28 years in Nevada state prison for killing an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of his conduct in office two years ago.
Standing in shackles before Clark County District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt, Telles offered “deepest condolences” to German’s family but again denied responsibility. Police sought public help to identify a person captured on neighborhood security video driving a maroon SUV and walking while wearing a broad straw hat that hid his face and an oversized orange long-sleeve shirt. “Although the jailing of Telles cannot undo Jeff German’s murder, it can act as an important deterrent to would-be assailants of journalists,” Katherine Jacobsen, the group’s U.S., Canada, and Caribbean program coordinator, said in a statement to The Associated Press.
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