September 6, s004

HOUSTON - The planned execution this week of a man convicted in one of Houston’s most brutal murder cases in a generation has become among the most contentious in the state that has the nation’s busiest capital punishment system.

State lawmakers are moving to make it harder for people who are injured while committing crimes - or their survivors if they are killed - to sue those who hurt them.

The Maricopa County school superintendent is under criminal investigation after a renowned school she founded for homeless children had a budget deficit of $4 million.

The Maricopa County school superintendent is under criminal investigation after a renowned school she founded for homeless children had a budget deficit of $4 million.

WASHINGTON - Thirty-eight people were charged Monday with stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users as part of a global crime ring.

Police arrested an Arizona Cardinals football player Tuesday on accusations he helped run an international drug syndicate that stretched from Mexico to New York City.

Police arrested an Arizona Cardinals football player Tuesday on accusations he helped run an international drug syndicate that stretched from Mexico to New York City.

NASCAR driver Kurt Busch has a January court date to face a criminal reckless driving citation he received while in the Valley for the Nextel Cup race last month.

HONOLULU - Duane "Dog" Chapman is waiting to hear whether a Mexican federal court will set him free or order his pending extradition and criminal case to proceed.

President Bush has dammed the flow of military aid to 35 countries that won't safeguard the United States from prosecution by the newly created International Criminal Court, and before the air is filled with screeches about the administration's horrid unilateralism, a few facts should be considered.

The Supreme Court has an opportunity to state that national security trumps civil liberties and due process in only rare and narrow circumstances.

A Belgian lawyer representing 10 Iraqis is preparing to ask a Brussels court to indict U.S. Gen. Tommy Franks for war crimes. Among the alleged crimes are the killing of Iraqi civilians by an errant missile and permitting the looting of hospitals.

 Our view: The Supreme Court properly restored constitutional limits on the attorney general's reach beyond Arizona's borders.

A non-Indian woman accused of starting at least part of a massive 2002 wildfire may face a civil trial in tribal court, a federal appellate court ruled Thursday.

Now that the Supreme Court has decided that the constitutional privilege of habeas corpus has "full effect at Guantanamo Bay," we must turn our attention to how and where we can bring suspected terrorists to trial and what rights they should be afforded.

Setting bold new standards for digital searches, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that customs agents need "reasonable suspicion'' a crime has occurred before delving into the hidden files on someone's computer.

June 28, 2004

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the Constitution forbids the Bush administration from holding U.S. citizens indefinitely and without access to lawyers or courts when they are suspected of being "enemy combatants."

WASHINGTON -- Justices of the nation's high court indicated Wednesday they may allow Arizona to implement the most controversial part of its 2010 immigration law.

Saying it harms international relations, the Mexican government wants a U.S. federal court to keep in place an injunction that bars Arizona from punishing those who harbor illegal immigrants.

Saying the federal government has "largely ignored'' pleas for help, Arizona asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to let state and local police enforce new laws aimed at illegal immigrants.