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Supreme Court changes rules on attorney discipline
Those who submit State Bar of Arizona complaints without a direct tie to a case are no longer entitled to the same information and right to be heard in disciplinary […]
Only troubled judges would stand for election under proposed law
The Senate Elections Committee greenlit a resolution on party lines to hinge judicial retention elections on “good behavior” instead of term limits Thursday.
Courts to prep for Russian campaign of disinformation
The CIA spoke and Dave Byers, the director of Arizona’s Administrative Office of the Courts, listened.
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.
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.
Age of ‘tough-on-crime’ policies is fading in Arizona
The “tough-on-crime” trend is fading fast even in red state strongholds like Arizona. In its wake, a new movement has formed under a far more millennial catchphrase: smart on crime.
