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Las Vegas Politician Sentenced to 20 Years to Life in Killing of Investigative Reporter

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Robert Telles, a former Democratic public administrator, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of investigative journalist Jeff German. Telles was accused of killing German, who had written about turmoil in Telles' office, outside his home in September 2022. The jury deliberated for nearly 12 hours over three days after hearing eight days of evidence in the trial, which began on August 12. Prosecutor Steve Wolfson stated that "justice has been served" following the guilty verdict.

  1. US
    Steve Wolfson
    Clark County District Court
    1. The jury ... hit a home run by getting the right verdict.
    2. Today's verdict should send a message, and that message is a clear message that any attempts to silence the media or to silence or intimidate a journalist will not be tolerated.
  2. US
    Katherine Jacobsen
    Committee to Protect Journalists
    1. It is vital that the murder of journalists should be taken seriously and perpetrators held accountable.
    2. The conviction sends an important message that the killing of journalists will not be tolerated.
  3. US
    Glenn Cook
    Las Vegas Review Journal
    1. In many countries, the killers of journalists go unpunished.
    2. Jeff was killed for doing the kind of work in which he took great pride: His reporting held an elected official accountable for bad behaviour and empowered voters to choose someone else for the job.
  4. US
    Jay German
    1. He was the older brother that we all leaned on.
  5. US
    Robert Telles
    1. I am not the kind of person who would stab someone. I didn't kill Mr. German.

sources

  1. 1.CTV News
  2. 2.The Times
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.Las Vegas Review Journal

perspectives

  1. 1.Crimes
  2. 2.Homicide
  3. 3.News media
  4. 4.Freedom of the press

countries

  1. 1.CanadaCA
  2. 2.GermanyDE
  3. 3.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Committee to Protect Journalists
  2. 2.Democratic PartyUS
  3. 3.Clark County District Court

persons

  1. 1.Robert TellesUS
  2. 2.Jeff German
  3. 3.Jay GermanUS
  4. 4.Katherine JacobsenUS
  5. 5.Steve WolfsonUS
  6. 6.Christopher Hamner
  7. 7.Glenn CookUS
  8. 8.Jill Zwerg
  9. 9.Julie Smith
  10. 10.Mary Ann "Mae" Ismael
  11. 11.Michelle Leavitt
  12. 12.Pamela Weckerly

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