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Jan 5, 2024 · 1m 48s
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this morning the Las Vegas judge attacked during a sentencing hearing is bruised but already back on the bench she remains sore and stiff but thankful it was not more severe after he was denied probation for repeated offenses 30-year-old Debra Reen lunged over the bench pinning judge Mary K hus against the wall pummeling her on the floor this is a very unique situation that as far as
I know has never happened before with somebody supermanning over a a Judicial bench the chief judge Jerry Weiss credits the court clerk for Heroic actions for pulling rded off judge holus Michael lasso her law clerk was uh probably the the primary person that that pulled the defendant off of her and uh probably kept her from having more severe injuries judge Weiss says there's currently a shortage
of Marshals providing Security in the Clark County Court System he said says only one Marshall was present at the time of the attack but he admits even a second may not have stopped Ren he moved too quick and I I think the Marshall was right behind him just couldn't get to him I don't know what could have prevented this I mean I I think that we
are looking at every opportunity we can to make things better Reen now faces a slew of new charges and judge holus will be back to oversee his new sentencing scheduled for next week Court officials say they're now reviewing security measures and hope to increase the number of Marshals hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to get
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