Jeff German was found stabbed to death outside his home in September 2022.
jury has sentenced Robert Telles, a former Nevada politician found guilty of fatally stabbing a Las Vegas investigative reporter, to life in prison with eligibility of parole after a minimum of 20 years.
During Wednesday's penalty phase, German's siblings spoke about their brother and how his death impacted their lives. "Jeff was killed for doing the kind of work in which he took great pride: His reporting held an elected official accountable for bad behavior and empowered voters to choose someone else for the job," Cook said.German's family members react to the guilty verdict.
The trial in Clark County comes nearly two years after the killing highlighted concerns about violence against journalists, even in the US. There have been 14 journalists killed in the US since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.German, 69, wrote about the underbelly of "Sin City" and had covered mobsters, crooked officials and corrupt government agencies in an ink-stained life.
"He murdered him because Jeff's writing destroyed his career, it destroyed his reputation, it threatened probably his marriage and exposed things that even he admitted he did not want the public to know," prosecutor Christopher Hamner said in rebuttal arguments Monday.In contrast, the defense said Telles had been framed for the death because he was trying to make changes in his political office that upset the "Old Guard.
At closing arguments Monday, Chief Deputy District Attorney Pamela Weckerly summarised the evidence again and showed Telles' texts criticising German's articles. "I did not cut up a shoe and hide it under my couch. I did not cut up a hat and put it in an open door of my toolbox. I did not kill Mr German," he said.
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