$10 a day for 10,636 days: Backers raise funds for man freed from death row
For Barry Jones, the compensation for spending 28 years on Arizona’s death row before his release in June could come out to about $10 a day. If he’s lucky. Private donors have to cough up that much first.
Arizona rancher arraigned in Mexican man’s shooting death
An Arizona rancher accused of killing a Mexican man on his land near the U.S.-Mexico border pleaded not guilty Monday to murder and other charges.
Judge OK’s Arizona rancher trial in Mexican migrant killing
An Arizona rancher accused of shooting at a group of migrants on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one man, will face trial on charges including second-degree murder and aggravated assault, a judge ruled.
Arizona rancher faces lesser murder charge in migrant death
An Arizona rancher accused of killing a Mexican man on his land near the U.S.-Mexico border while allegedly firing at a group of unarmed migrants is now facing a lesser murder charge. The attorney for George Alan Kelly entered a not guilty plea to second-degree murder Friday in Santa Cruz County Justice Court in Nogales, Ariz..
Man indicted in fatal shooting of girl in Phoenix road rage incident
A Maricopa County grand jury has indicted a man accused of fatally shooting a young girl during a road rage incident in north Phoenix last month, authorities said Tuesday.
Supreme Court refuses to hear Arizona ‘double jeopardy’ case
The U.S. Supreme Court has rebuffed a bid by Attorney General Mark Brnovich to rule that prosecutors are entitled to multiple attempts to convict someone of first-degree murder even after a jury effectively has found the charge has no legal merit.
Brnovich asks U.S. Supreme Court to overrule AZ justices in murder case
Attorney General Mark Brnovich wants the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that prosecutors are entitled to multiple attempts to convict someone of first-degree murder even after a jury effectively has found the charge has no legal merit.
U.S. Supreme Court seeks views of federal government in Arizona border shooting
The nation's high court wants the views of the Trump administration on whether a Border Patrol agent can be held liable for shooting and killing a teen through the border fence in Nogales.
Franks, Montgomery push constitutional amendment for victims’ rights
After his daughter was shot, execution-style, in 1979 by a gang member out to kill a police officer’s child, John Gillis and his wife were forced to sit outside the courtroom during the killer’s trial.