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Task force to focus on preventing sexual abuse
Advocates and lawmakers who won a hard-fought legislative victory for survivors of sexual abuse this spring are shifting their focus to preventing future cases of abuse.
Ducey appoints Montgomery to high court
Gov. Doug Ducey appointed Bill Montgomery to the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon, making the controversial Maricopa County attorney Ducey’s fifth selection to the state’s highest court.
Arizona governor: Inquiry into police force ‘whitewashed’
Arizona's governor says an excessive force investigation into police in a Phoenix suburb seems to have been "whitewashed" and should be reopened.
Arizona lags the nation in criminal justice reform
In a recent guest opinion, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery peddles a grab bag of outdated and weak measures – some over 40 years old – to claim that Arizona leads in criminal justice reform. If only.
Arizona leads the way in criminal justice reform
Arizona’s criminal justice system is not perfect. There is always room for improvement in any system, and I and other prosecutors remain willing to engage in productive discussions and initiatives to improve criminal justice system outcomes for crime victims, the public we serve, and defendants to reduce recidivism.
Tough-on-crime prosecutors distort truth, block prison reform
While the criminal justice reform movement gains momentum across the country, Arizona remains on the outside looking in. Even as more conservative states with a tradition of harsh justice reduce prison populations through smart reforms that target the root causes of crime, Arizona persists in the failed policies of mass incarceration, wasting resources to imprison low-level offenders.
21st century prosecutors strive for far more than convictions
The prosecution function has come a long way in the last two decades across the country and here in Maricopa County.
Transgender Arizona inmates claim guard forced sex
Two transgender prison inmates sued the state of Arizona and a former corrections officer, alleging the guard forced them to engage in sexual acts and the state failed to prevent the assaults.
‘Therapy dogs’ now allowed for child victims in court
Child victims in Arizona now have the right to have a dog at their side to comfort them during court testimony under a bill signed into law today by Gov. Doug Ducey.
‘Revenge porn’ law fix is first 2016 bill
Arizona lawmakers next year will again consider a bill designed to outlaw “revenge porn” after legislation fell just short of passage in April. Arizona lawmakers next year will again consider a bill designed to outlaw “revenge porn” after legislation fell just short of passage in April.
The ‘purgatory’ of revenge porn
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced today that prosecutors have not been able to charge offenders in 10 cases of revenge porn because of ongoing issues with the statute covering the unlawful distribution of images. Lawmakers had failed to amend the statute before sine die this year.
As revenge porn cases pile up, county attorney says he can’t prosecute them
In 10 cases so far, prosecutors have been unable to file charges under Arizona statutes targeting “revenge porn” because lawmakers failed to amend the law this past legislative session.
