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Lindsay Herf: Finding holes in America’s justice system
Lindsay Herf’s mission in life is to find the holes in our justice system. As executive director of the Arizona Justice Project, she leads efforts to investigate claims of innocence.
Death row thinning in Arizona, nationally – reasons vary
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ most recent data – accounting for prisoners under sentence of death as of December 31, 2015 – Arizona did see its first uptick in death row inmates in five years with the addition of two inmates in 2015. But that runs counter to the slow yet steady decline of the state’s death row.
4 Superior Court judges among 5 nominees for appointments
A state commission has nominated four Superior Court judges and another attorney for appointments to fill two vacancies on the Arizona Court of Appeals.
Experts: Science behind ‘abortion reversal’ is flawed
Lawmakers in several states are considering requirements for doctors to inform women seeking medical abortions about an unproven procedure called "abortion reversal."
Bill transfers burden from parents to prosecutors in some sex cases
A Republican lawmaker wants to change the state’s sexual abuse statutes in response to an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that raised questions about whether parents changing a baby’s diaper could be charged with molestation.
High court rules bail can’t be denied in all cases involving sex with minor
State constitutional provisions that deny bail to people solely because they’re accused of having sex with a minor violate the U.S. Constitution, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Ducey, not Brnovich, is fighting case on immigrants’ driver licenses
Gov. Doug Ducey’s repeated assertions that he is not the one fighting to keep “deferred action” recipients from getting licenses to drive are not true, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Friday.
Arizona attorney general seeks expansion of terror laws
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich wants the Legislature to expand the state's terrorism laws to include more crimes and add a mandatory minimum sentence.
Arizona sheriff goes back to court – this time as civilian
Former Phoenix-area sheriff Joe Arpaio made his first court appearance Wednesday as a civilian after losing his bid for re-election and heard a federal judge say she's inclined to decide whether he's guilty of contempt-of-court rather than grant his request for a jury trial.
State seeks order throwing out ‘deferred action’ recipients’ lawsuit
An attorney for the state asked a federal judge Friday to throw out a lawsuit by some “deferred action” recipients who say they can’t get a license to drive.
Arizona high court sets hearing in Tucson gun case
The Arizona Supreme Court has decided to hold a full hearing on a complaint filed by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich that contends Tucson is illegally destroying seized guns instead of selling them.
US attorney for Arizona departing as administrations change
The top federal prosecutor for Arizona is stepping down with the change of administrations in Washington.
