After nearly 22 years of incarceration in the Nevada prison system, Rickie Slaughter had his conviction vacated by a district court judge in March. But he remains in High State Desert Prison as the Clark County District Attorney’s office weighs retrying the case.
Criminal reform advocates and civil rights groups including the Mass Liberation Project, the ACLU of Nevada, and the NAACP Las Vegas gathered Tuesday at the Regional Justice Center demanding that Slaughter be set free.
Slaughter recorded a statement that was played at Tuesday’s rally saying he would not “be bullied by injustice.”…