Robert Telles, a former Democratic Las Vegas politician, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison for killing a journalist who wrote critically about his office conduct.

The Nevada jury deliberated for 12 hours over three days and came to their decision on Wednesday. The 47-year-old ex-politician has been in jail since Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was found stabbed to death in 2022.

Outside the courtroom, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said German “had a stellar reputation in this community” and called it “a crying shame, literally and figuratively, that he’s no longer with us.”

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Telles lost his primary for a second elected term after German’s stories described hostility and bullying between Telles and an employee at the Clark County Public Administrator/Guardian office.

While testifying as a character witness,...