The upcoming trial for the grandmother of a 6-year-old Flagstaff boy who died after being locked in a closet and denied food has been called off.
Read More »Trial called off in case of Flagstaff boy starved to death
Defense attacks credibility of star-witness Kelly Norton in bribery trial
Kelly Norton was back on the stand in the “Ghost Lobby” trial Tuesday, this time under cross examination by a defense team intent on distorting her credibility in the eyes of the jury.
Read More »Star witness testifies in bribery case
The government’s star witness in the “Ghost Lobby” trial, Kelly Norton, took the stand on Wednesday, visibly nervous at the head of a crowded courtroom hanging on her testimony.
Read More »Shuttered Mexican-American studies program back in court
A federal trial considering whether an Arizona law that shuttered a popular Mexican-American studies program in Tucson was enacted with discriminatory intent resumes this week. Former Arizona schools chief Tom Horne, who was behind the battle against the program the ...
Read More »Huppenthal clarifies apology regarding ethnic studies
An ex-schools chief is not apologizing for comparing a Mexican American Studies program to the Ku Klux Klan and its teachers to skinheads.
Read More »Attorney forced to testify against Joe Arpaio
A lawyer who once represented former Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a racial profiling case has testified that he had several meetings with Arpaio to discuss a court order that barred traffic patrols targeting immigrants.
Read More »Ex-Arizona sheriff loses bid for jury trial in contempt case
Ousted Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has lost his bid to have a jury decide whether he should be convicted of a criminal contempt-of-court charge for disobeying a court order in a racial profiling case.
Read More »Sheriff Joe Arpaio wants jury to decide his contempt case
Joe Arpaio's attorney filed court papers saying that an elected official's actions should be decided by an impartial jury of his peers, not a judge.
Read More »Trial set for ex-state employee accused of stealing millions
A May 12 trial has been set for a former state employee charged with stealing millions of dollars from Arizona's health care program for the poor.
Read More »Trial set in civil rights case against polygamous towns
A Jan. 19 trial has been set in Phoenix for a lawsuit that alleges polygamous towns on the Arizona-Utah line systematically denied housing, water services and police protection to people who aren't part of the communities' dominant religious sect.
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