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Backpage founder faces 2nd trial over what prosecutors say was scheme to sell sex through ad sales
PHOENIX (AP) — A founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com will face his second trial on charges of facilitating prostitution and laundering money in what authorities say was a...
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Court rules right of those accused of crimes to remain silent is absolute
Members of polygamous group to appear in court on child sex abuse charges
PHOENIX (AP) — Members of a small polygamous group accused of child sex abuse of underage girls who the group’s leader claimed as brides are expected to appear in federal...
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Ex-convict charged with 1st-degree murder in death of woman on desert trail
PHOENIX (AP) — An ex-convict has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a woman who was attacked from behind and stabbed 15 times while walking...
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Senate committee approves measure prohibiting public from accessing lawmakers’ addresses
Case against former Tucson officer remanded to grand jury
State elections director wants investigation of two Cochise County supervisors amid election certification drama
The state elections director wants prosecutors to investigate and “take appropriate enforcement actions” against two Cochise County supervisors who refused to certify election results by the...
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Maricopa County making policy changes for gun violence cases
PHOENIX (AP) — In an effort to reduce gun violence, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office is making some policy changes to hold criminals more accountable. Beginning today, prosecutors in the...
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Court aims to end racial bias in jury selection with new rules
Arizona is about to become the first state in the nation to eliminate the ability of attorneys to strike prospective jurors based on what may only be hunches, a practice...
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Arizona earns D- for police moneymaking schemes
Police normally target lawbreakers, but innocence did not help Terry and Ria Platt when the Navajo County Drug Task Force seized their 2012 Volkswagen Jetta on Interstate 40 near Holbrook....
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Prosecutors, some GOP lawmakers join Dems to kill forfeiture bill
From left, Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich. (Photos by Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services) Sen. Eddie Farnsworth is blaming Attorney General Mark...
