Appellate judges grilled an assistant attorney general over his claim that a territorial-era law banning most abortions once again makes the practice a crime despite a new law specifically permitting doctors to terminate a pregnancy through the 15th week of pregnancy. And hanging in the balance is whether abortions will remain legal in Arizona.
Read More »Advocates seek change to felony murder law 
Taneysha Carter’s brothers were convicted of murder in 2011 even though they didn’t actually kill anyone. Now Carter, a Phoenix resident, is fighting to end Arizona’s felony murder rule that stipulates a person who commits certain types of felonies can ...
Read More »House panel looks to blunt ‘defund the police’ 
A House panel voted Monday to ask voters to bar cities from cutting funding for police and sheriffs or risk losing state aid. Rep. Walt Blackman, R-Snowflake, said the move is designed to blunt – and outright prohibit – calls ...
Read More »Let’s end the cycle of violence, rethink public safety
Addressing public safety is urgent for communities throughout the state that experience loss, violence, and trauma every day. These are communities that have been left behind by the current system.
Read More »Senate panel moves bill to criminalize certain abortions
A legislative panel voted February 4 to make it a crime to terminate the pregnancy of a fetus with a genetic abnormality by declaring that it has the same legal rights as anyone else.
Read More »Arizona gets high marks for pretrial justice system, but money bond still in use 
Arizona found itself at the higher end of nationwide rankings for once after the Pretrial Justice Institute awarded the state high marks for its pretrial system.
Read More »Juvenile crime plummets — experts at a loss to explain
Arizona’s juvenile detention centers are closing because juvenile offender populations are plummeting, and juvenile offender populations are plummeting because kids these days are committing crimes at a rate far below generations before them.
Read More »Testimony on hair samples under scrutiny in 100s of Arizona cases
Hundreds of state criminal cases are under review after the FBI discovered the widespread misrepresentation of microscopic hair analysis.
Read More »Head of police association says rioting bill won’t chill rights to protest
The head of the Arizona Police Association is rejecting arguments that legislation to include rioting in racketeering and conspiracy statutes will chill the rights of Arizonans to protest.
Read More »Dangers faced by migrants often extend to border shelters
Vandals broke into a shelter, left feces on crosses made by migrant men and trashed other parts of the building. Someone made a threatening call to a priest who helps serve warm meals to recently deported immigrants.
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