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Posted Jul 6, 2021, 1:35 pm
Laura Gómez
/Arizona Mirror
Any plans to implement independent community oversight of Arizona police departments are effectively dead after Republican lawmakers passed laws aimed at excluding police critics and letting cops lead that oversight.... Read more»
Posted Mar 25, 2021, 11:47 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
First-time offenders who commit multiple felonies on different dates will get lighter sentences after Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation similar to a bill he vetoed two years ago. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 29, 2021, 3:46 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
House Speaker Rusty Bowers is taking another shot at passing legislation making it easier for some people to get their names off the state's sex offender registry.... Read more»
Posted Jul 22, 2020, 1:43 pm
Katelyn Keenehan
/Cronkite News
As COVID-19 began to spread across the Southwest in March, lawyers representing incarcerated Arizonans reported “unsanitary conditions,” “inadequate medical staffing and treatment” and a “failure to take strong and sensible precautionary measures” in state prisons.... Read more»
Posted Jun 1, 2020, 1:22 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Senate Bill 1556 would have made a number of changes to Arizona’s civil asset forfeiture system, under which law enforcement and prosecutors can take money and property allegedly used for or resulting from crimes. Chief among them would be to require a criminal conviction before property can be permanently taken.... Read more»
Posted May 2, 2015, 3:10 pm
Samantha Incorvaia
/Cronkite News
Arizona was fourth-highest among states for the number of people killed by police over the last two-plus years, with 93 individuals being killed in that time, according to a national database. Despite being the 15th-largest state in terms of population, Arizona trailed only California, Florida and Texas for killings by police.... Read more»
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