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Judge prohibits state from enforcing law limiting attorneys from directly contacting crime victims
A federal judge is barring the state from enforcing a 31-year-old law that prohibits defense attorneys from directly contacting crime victims or their families, calling it a violation of their constitutional rights.
Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk to retire at year’s end
Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk announced Friday that she is retiring after a long career that included a high-profile trial in a deadly sweat lodge ceremony and an aggressive campaign against synthetic drugs.
Congratulations to the Cap Under 40 Honorees
As Arizona continues to recover from a global pandemic, this year’s honorees persist in getting the work done. Their work ensures that critical services continue and that policies reflect Arizona’s... […]
Tucson woman arrested in abortion-rights protest during Supreme Court hearing
A Tucson woman was one of three people arrested Wednesday after they disrupted a Supreme Court hearing with a protest over the court’s decision to reverse its 1973 ruling that had recognized a right to an abortion.
High court to hear water dispute between Navajo Nation, U.S. government
The Supreme Court says it will hear a water dispute involving the U.S. government and the Navajo Nation.
Arizona death row prisoner’s clemency bid rejected by board
Arizona's clemency board unanimously declined on Thursday to recommend that the governor commute a man's death sentence to life in prison, keeping the inmate's planned execution on track for his conviction in two 1980 killings.
US Embassy officials visit Brittney Griner in Russia prison
Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow visited jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday, just weeks after a Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession.
Clean Elections sues ‘Clean Elections USA’ over trademark
The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission wants a judge to order the founder of a group called “Clean Elections USA” to stop using that name for her organization and delete a page on the group's website that claims a local election was “rigged.”
Clean Elections USA won’t appeal ruling limiting ballot box watching
Clean Elections USA will not appeal a late Tuesday ruling by a federal judge blocking most of what it can do while watching ballot boxes.
Supreme Court presses state on its rejection of Arizona death-row appeal
Supreme Court justices challenged Arizona’s claim Tuesday that a death row inmate should not get a chance to appeal his sentence, based on what one justice called a “Kafkaesque” ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court.
High court told jurors were misled in Arizona death row case
A lawyer for a man on Arizona's death row told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that jurors in the case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure the man would never walk free was to sentence him to death.
Lawyers for Arizona inmate facing execution file new appeal
Lawyers for an Arizona death row inmate scheduled to be executed on Nov. 16 have filed a new appeal. Murray Hooper's attorneys filed another petition for post-conviction relief Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court.
