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Arrest of Nevada Government Official in Journalist’s Killing is “Deeply Disturbing”

Press ReleaseSeptember 8, 2022

(NEW YORK)-- In response to the arrest of Clark County (NV) Public Administrator Robert Telles in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, PEN America… More

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