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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A justice sentenced the antheral who attacked different Las Vegas justice earlier this twelvemonth to astatine slightest 26 years successful prison, saying the incidental was an onslaught connected the full judiciary.
On Jan. 3, Deobra Redden, 31, attacked Las Vegas District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus arsenic Holthus was sentencing him to situation successful different case, the 8 News Now Investigators archetypal reported.
During his proceedings for attempted execution successful September, Redden pleaded blameworthy but mentally sick aft Holthus and her instrumentality clerk testified. Redden’s scheduled sentencing 2 weeks agone was rescheduled due to the fact that helium was not transported from situation to the court.
On Tuesday, prosecutors asked District Court Judge Susan Johnson for important situation clip portion Redden’s attorneys suggested helium service a concurrent situation condemnation to the 1 helium was already serving nether Holthus. Redden's attorney, Carl Arnold, said the clip amounted to 4-11 years.
Redden was serving situation clip connected the attempted artillery charge, which Holthus sentenced him to arsenic the archetypal proceeding continued connected Jan. 8.
Johnson declined to condemnation Redden concurrently arsenic his lawyer asked. Instead, she sentenced him to an aggregate situation word of 26-65 years. With recognition for clip served, Redden would beryllium eligible for parole successful the 2050s.
"It was not conscionable retaliation oregon an onslaught connected Judge Holthus," Johnson said, "It was besides an onslaught connected the judiciary." Johnson added doctors who evaluated Redden concluded helium knew betwixt "right and wrong."
Redden was successful Holthus’ courtroom connected Jan. 3 for sentencing connected a complaint of attempted artillery with important bodily harm. Holthus, who was 62 astatine the time, was sitting down the bench, which she described arsenic 4 feet high, erstwhile Redden ran up to her, jumped implicit the table and attacked her, video showed. Several different people, including Holthus’ courtroom marshal and her instrumentality clerk, past fought with Redden earlier throwing him to the ground.
Deobra Redden cries successful tribunal earlier a justice sentences him for attacking different justice connected Jan. 3. 2024. (KLAS)"I'm not a atrocious person, I'm not an evil guy," Redden told Johnson earlier she sentenced him. "I'm not making excuses for my actions, but I'm saying I'm not a atrocious idiosyncratic and I cognize that I did not mean to termination Mary Kay Holthus, I cognize I cared astir her wellbeing."
Holthus did not talk during the sentencing. Instead, prosecutors work a connection from her.
"He made a conscious determination to termination maine and made each effort to succeed," the connection said, "If helium had his way, he'd beryllium facing a condemnation of beingness without the anticipation of parole for murder."
Redden appeared successful beforehand of Holthus respective times earlier January’s attack. He was antecedently successful beforehand of Holthus on charges of malicious demolition of property.
Redden pleaded blameworthy to different complaint of attempted artillery with important bodily harm successful November 2023. Holthus aboriginal issued a seat warrant for his apprehension successful December aft helium missed a tribunal appearance. That hearing, his sentencing, continued connected Jan. 3.
Redden spoke during the sentencing, saying successful part, helium was not "an evil person."
"I saw thing but red," Redden said, adding helium did not retrieve thing other from that day.
