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Walter Blackman

Jun 14, 2019

Prosecutors’ honor questioned as criminal justice measures die

Arizona lawmakers stymied this year in their quests to revamp the criminal justice system are re-evaluating how to work with prosecutors next year after what some described as an 11th-hour betrayal.

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Feb 20, 2019

Hearing on fetal resuscitation bill used to demonstrate ‘our different world views’

A bill seeking to repeal a 2017 law requiring life-saving measures for fetuses delivered alive failed to pass out of the House Judiciary Committee today, an outcome predicted by the bill’s sponsor long before two hours of debate that she sought to avoid.

Feb 13, 2019

Bill proposes municipal judges face retention election

Saying magistrates can be squeezed politically, a House panel voted Wednesday to all but strip city councils of their ability to fire them.

Dec 4, 2018

Bowers dissolves committee tasked with tackling criminal justice reform

House Speaker-elect Rusty Bowers has dissolved the House Sentencing and Recidivism Reform Committee that Rep. David Stringer was slated to chair.

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