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31 Oct 2007, 6:12 pm
He's a good police officer. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 7:54 pm
But the Maricopa County Attorney's office urged a Superior Court judge to drop five counts, leading to a 40-year sentence on Oct. 5 against Todd Robert Laughlin, 46, who was convicted of possessing three movies and six computer images depicting children performing sex acts. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 11:51 am
But, in a rare move, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office urged a Superior Court judge to drop five counts, leading instead to a 40-year sentence handed down Oct. 5 for Todd Robert Laughlin. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 4:21 pm
" Barbara Marshall, chief of the juvenile crimes division for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, disputed that, saying it's considered malicious prosecution to hold onto a case. [read post]
30 Jul 2007, 10:16 am
"This is going to be a tough one," said former Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley. [read post]
22 May 2007, 5:49 am
The new Arizona law 'is creating a financial burden by various entities involved - the county attorney's office, indigent defense agencies, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, and law-enforcement agencies,' says Tim Ryan, associate presiding criminal judge in Phoenix' Maricopa County. [read post]
19 May 2007, 10:12 am
In addition, on 4 May 2007, the Tennessee Attorney General requested an execution date for Daryl Holton, a former soldier with a history of depression, who has effectively waived his appeals and has been found competent to do so.The execution of another "volunteer", Carey Dean Moore, due to be carried out in Nebraska on 8 May 2007, was stopped by the state Supreme Court on 2 May in view of concerns - not raised by Moore - about Nebraska's use of the electric… [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 8:58 pm
April 6, 2007ArizonaState begins warrant process to execute first inmate since 2000By Christian Palmer, Arizona Capitol TimesThe Arizona Supreme Court received a warrant for execution April 2 from theAttorney General's Office for Robert Comer, who was sentenced to die in 1988for a violent crime spree at a campground near Apache Lake.Comer was found guilty of first degree murder, kidnapping, aggravatedassault, and sexual assault, and sentenced by… [read post]
25 Mar 2007, 3:00 am
You know the local public defender's office is going to be over worked when the Houston Chronicle calls your proseutor the "leader in seeking the death penalty" Maricopa County, one of the nation's fastest-growing counties, now has an additional distinction: It is also a leader in seeking the death penalty. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 7:28 pm
Today's Arizona Republic has this article, entitled "Ending jam in capital cases to cost in ';millions,'" which details some economic consequences of Maricopa County Attorney's massive increase in the number of capital charges. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 5:28 am
"Maricopa County has drawn national attention because it's being strained by a record number of death-penalty cases. [read post]
5 Mar 2007, 10:31 pm
It appears the county attorney in Maricopa County has forgotten that part of the job description. [read post]
5 Mar 2007, 7:35 am
Today the New York Times has this article, entitled "Policy Shift on Death Penalty Overwhelms Arizona Court," on the impact of and debate over the death penalty push by Maricopa County's prosecutor. [read post]
5 Mar 2007, 5:41 am
Thomas, the county attorney, has nearly doubled the number of times that the office has sought the death penalty, even though the number of first-degree murder cases prosecuted by the county has remained more or less the same for a decade.A policy change that he enacted has contributed to a backlog of capital cases here that has crippled the county's public defender system, left roughly a dozen murder defendants without… [read post]
22 Feb 2007, 4:12 am
While Thomas and some county officials say that it's tough to put a price on justice, death isn't cheap. [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 2:30 pm
Today, Maricopa County's Presiding Criminal Judge James Keppel ordered the hearing to resolve a case that's become a showdown between prosecutors and defense attorneys over the avalanche of capital cases in the court system. [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 5:44 am
Initially, defense attorney Marci Kratter asked for her client's murder case to be delayed until the Office of Contract Counsel could find a capital-trained lawyer to lead the case. [read post]
2 Feb 2007, 5:34 pm
From AZCentral.com (Arizona):The Maricopa County Attorney's Office, fearing delays in death-penalty cases because there are not enough qualified attorneys to defend those cases, has asked a Maricopa County Superior Court judge to order the county's public defender agencies to make their lawyers take more death-penalty cases.The demand came as response to a defense… [read post]
9 Dec 2006, 6:00 pm
As of 8/19/05, the ILB began posting, with the agreement of the Office of the Clerk of the Indiana Courts, the weekly list of the Court's NFP opinions. [read post]
29 Nov 2006, 4:45 am
This morning's Arizona Republic has this intriguing article about a new plea policy being adopted in Maricopa County:Starting in 60 days, those facing their second conviction no longer will be allowed to enter a plea deal unless they agree to go to prison, County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced Tuesday.... [read post]
