“Stand Your Ground,” “Shoot First,” “Make My Day” — state laws asserting an expansive right to self-defense — have come into focus after last month’s killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Arizona is among the many states with a similar statute.... Read more»
An arrest warrant has been issued for a 21-year-old man in connection with the killing of Jordan “JP” Peterson, who went missing in November.... Read more»1
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed a record number of people from the United States during the 2011 fiscal year, the agency announced Tuesday.... Read more»4
Michael Morton, who served 25 years in a Texas prison for the murder of his wife Christine, will be released after his attorneys reached an agreement with prosecutors, who said Monday in a legal filing that Morton was not his wife’s killer.... Read more»
In the first half of this year, members of a U.S. Army unit planned and executed the shootings of three Afghan civilians for sheer sport, according to Army charge documents.... Read more»
The killing of rancher Robert Krentz was not random, and investigators are focusing on a suspect in the U.S., the Arizona Daily Star reports, citing anonymous sources.... Read more»
A husband and wife were killed and their 3-year-old daughter critically injured in a home invasion Monday night, according to a Sheriff’s Department spokesman.... Read more»
The father of a baby girl has been charged with first degree murder in her death, said a Tucson police spokeswoman.... Read more»1
A man has been charged with 2 counts of first degree murder in the Monday shootings of two men standing in a Midtown front yard, said a Tucson Police spokesman.... Read more»
An early morning shooting left one man dead, and another with life-threatening injuries Wednesday, said a Tucson police spokesman.... Read more»
Armed men attacked students at a Saturday party in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, killing 15 and wounding at least 28.... Read more»
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