In a 5-4 decision that exemplifies their basic contempt for genuine justice, the Supreme Court’s politically reactionary majority rejected a prisoner’s request for DNA testing that could prove his innocence after 14 years’ imprisonment on a possibly false verdict for rape.

Aaron Richardson: Should you feel comfortable placing your legal state in the hands of a person who does not wholly comprehend the law, no matter how minor the offense? If tomorrow a justice of the peace were removed for judicial misconduct or outright criminal activity, it wouldn’t be the first time. It would hardly be news.

WASHINGTON - The New York attorney general who began the investigation into mutual fund trading abuses said Thursday his office probably would bring criminal charges against some companies in especially egregious cases.

TUCSON — A state commission has voted unanimously to support efforts aimed at providing local law enforcement greater access to mental health records of people purchasing guns from dealers.

July 28, 2004

Bill Richardson, guest commentary

Employees of the state’s largest county have fewer rights to overturn their firing than those in Pima County.

Police departments in Arizona are getting $2.5 million from the federal government to help process DNA.

WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Jose Padilla, held as an enemy combatant without traditional legal rights for more than three years, sidestepping a challenge to Bush administration wartime detention powers.

Arizona Corporation Commissioners said they were troubled by the news Tuesday that the government had filed criminal and civil fraud charges against former and current executives of Qwest Communications International.

A Tempe-based company has agreed to plead guilty to charges of bid rigging and mail fraud and is expected to pay an $8.71 million fine as a result of an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into fraudulent activities in a federal program aimed at equipping needy schools and libraries with Internet connections, justice officials said Wednesday.

November 2, 2004

November 26, 2004

Fewer Arizona students said they smoked cigarettes, consumed alcohol or used illegal drugs this year than in 2002, according to a statewide survey released this week.

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents before the energy giant's collapse.

A Tempe judge’s e-mail has landed him on a list of people the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office believes have credibility problems in court.

The organization that funded Arizona's 2010 medical marijuana initiative says lawmakers who now want voters to scrap the program are missing the point of a study on teen use.

July 28, 2004

Jim Irvin is gone at last from the Arizona Corporation Commission, but that must not be the end of this sordid matter. Dark clouds still hang over Irvin and the commission.

On Tuesday, I am asking for your vote for Justice of the Peace in the newly formed Highland Justice Court. This district serves most of Gilbert and the Dobson Ranch area of Mesa. The Justice Court is our local "People's Court," allowing citizens access to the justice system without needing an attorney to navigate the complex Superior Court system.

MIAMI - A Miami-Dade grand jury strongly recommended expanded use of Taser stun guns by police in crisis situations involving mentally ill people as a safe alternatives to guns despite reports about deaths of stun-gun targets.

In response to Ron Weitbrecht's letter "The truth behind voter intimidation case," I looked further into his statement that the Black Panther case was dismissed on Jan. 7, 2009. What I learned was that career attorneys in the Justice Department's Voting Rights Section decided as early as Dec. 22, 2008, to seek charges in the New Black Panther Party case.

July 20, 2004