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Federal appeals court voids death sentence in 1980 Tucson rape-murder
A sharply divided court Feb. 4 overturned Robert Douglas Smith’s death sentence, saying lower courts wrongly ignored evidence that Smith was intellectually disabled at the time of the crime.
Court: Arizona judicial candidates can’t seek campaign cash
A federal appeals court has reversed course and now says Arizona can prohibit some candidates for elected judgeships from soliciting campaign contributions or participating in somebody else's campaign.
Bill would make agencies prove their regulations are necessary
State lawmakers are moving to effectively stand state regulation of businesses on their head, requiring government agencies to prove their rules and restrictions are necessary.
8 corrections officers sue, claim unsafe working conditions
A corrections officer who was sexually assaulted by an inmate at the Yuma state prison is among eight prison guards suing Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan and the state of Arizona for conditions they contend led to assaults and injuries.
Brnovich pushes for delay in dreamers licenses
Hoping to avoid another court hearing -- and potentially another loss -- Attorney General Mark Brnovich wants federal judges to delay deciding whether to permanently give driver licenses to dreamers.
U.S. Supreme Court: Juveniles offenders can’t be locked up for life
Arizona prisoners sentenced to “the rest of their natural life’’ behind bars for crimes they committed as teenagers have new hope for a parole hearing under a ruling the U.S. Supreme Court issued Monday.
Suit challenges increase in visiting aircraft’s use of base
A lawsuit contends Davis-Monthan Air Force failed to comply with environmental-protection requirements to adequately gauge noise and other impacts when approving a plan to have more military aircraft visit the Tucson installation to conduct training flights.
Tom Ryan: His touchstone is a strong Catholic faith
Tom Ryan has been called a political hack and an activist lawyer by those unhappy with the legal work he’s done in the political arena.
Judge rules public can’t see Stump’s text messages
The public is not entitled to see any of the text messages recovered from the state-owned cell phone used by Bob Stump.
Goldwater Institute appeals Medicaid expansion ruling
The Goldwater Institute is asking the Arizona Court of Appeals to throw out a trial court judge’s ruling that a hospital assessment enacted by the Legislature to fund a 2013 expansion of the state’s Medicaid program is not subject to a provision in the Arizona Constitution requiring a two-thirds vote to approve a tax increase.
High court rules on appeal in Tucson homicide case
A man arrested seven years after a murder in Tucson could get a new trial because the judge blocked testimony from one of his expert witnesses, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled this morning.
Judge rules against Justice Dept. in Fast and Furious fight
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Justice Department's claim of executive privilege used to withhold certain documents tied to the Fast and Furious "gun-walking" scandal from release to a congressional committee.
