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https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/us/nevada-judge-attack- sentencing/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc
Las Vegas AP — 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.
Redden, 31, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in September to attempted
murder and other charges, ending his trial shortly after Holthus had
testified that she feared for her life when Redden vaulted over her 4- foot-high bench and landed on her.
The attack happened January 3 as Holthus was about to deliver Redden’s
sentence in a separate felony battery case.
The violent scene was captured by courtroom video that showed the 62-year-
old judge falling back from her seat against a wall as Redden flung
himself over her bench and grabbed her hair, toppling an American flag
onto them. Holthus suffered some injuries but was not hospitalized,
courthouse officials said.
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.
Redden said in court Tuesday that he did not intend to kill Holthus, KLAS-
TV reported.
“I’m not making excuses for my actions, but I’m saying I’m not a bad
person and I know that I did not intend to kill Mary Kay Holthus,” he
said.
Redden will be eligible for parole sometime after 2050, KLAS-TV reported.
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