Man who jumped a desk to attack a Nevada judge in the courtroom is sentenced
Associated PressLAS VEGAS — A man who was captured on video attacking a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom after vaulting over her bench and desk has been sentenced to decades in prison. Deobra Redden was ordered on Tuesday to serve between 26 and 65 years in a Nevada prison for the attack on Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus, KLAS-TV in Las Vegas reported. The attack happened Jan. 3 as Holthus was about to deliver Redden’s sentence in a separate felony battery case. Redden’s defense lawyer Carl Arnold has said his client was not taking his prescribed medication to control his diagnosed schizophrenia at the time of the attack. Arnold said in September when Redden entered his plea that it “reflects a delicate balance between accepting responsibility for a regrettable incident and recognizing the impact of Mr. Redden’s untreated mental illness at the time.” The Associated Press sent an email Tuesday to a spokesperson for Arnold seeking comment on Redden’s sentence.
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