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City Prosecutor’s Office reports progress in expunging marijuana offenses

A new internship with the University of Arizona College of Law is helping move expungement filings faster.

Jury starts deliberation in border rancher murder trial

George Alan Kelly has pled not guilty in the murder of a Mexican citizen.

The Buzz: Historic Markers Around the State

We wrap up a series of stories from around the state by telling three historic stories.

Jury visits a ranch near US-Mexico border where an Arizona man is charged with killing a migrant

The case in Nogales, Arizona, has attracted national attention as border security becomes an increasingly important issue in this year’s presidential contest.

Man who threatened UA mass shooting pleads guilty

Michael Pengchung Lee sent threatening messages to members of Greek life last October.

Man convicted of killing 6-year-old Tucson girl sentenced to natural life in prison

Two months ago, the 42-year-old was found guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping and burglary in the death of Isabel Celis, who vanished from her parents’ home in 2012.

The trial of an Arizona border rancher charged with killing a migrant has reached the halfway point

The judge denied a request by news media to accompany jurors on the visit to 75-year-old George Alan Kelly's ranch.

Attorneys make opening statements in case of rancher accused of killing migrant

Friday was opening arguments in the trial of George Alan Kelly, the 75-year-old rancher being charged in the shooting death of a Mexican citizen, who prosecutors say was on Kelly’s property while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border undocumented.

Massachusetts man gets prison for making bomb threat to Arizona election office

James Clark, 40, of Falmouth, pleaded guilty in August in U.S. District Court in Phoenix to sending a communication containing a bomb threat to an election official.

Man facing hate crime charges for burning of two Douglas churches denies second competency evaluation

The judge will have the same psychologist attempt to evaluate Eric Ridenour again

County releases data on the first six months of jail Transition Center

The Transition Center is part of the county’s effort to reduce recidivism

Three former Department of Education employees charged with defrauding Arizona voucher program

Prosecutors said Thursday that the three employees approved applications for 17 students -– five of which were fictitious -- that admitted them into the voucher program using forged birth certificates and special education evaluations.

Man already serving life sentence convicted in murder of Tucson girl who vanished from parents' home

Jurors found Christopher Clements guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and burglary in the death of Isabel Celis who was 6 when she vanished from her parents' home in 2012.

Jurors begin deliberations in retrial of an ex-convict accused of killing a 6-year-old Tucson girl

Jurors stopped at the end of the day and were to resume deliberations at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

What to know about New York and Arizona’s fight over extraditing suspect in grisly hotel killing

The top prosecutor in Maricopa County has said the suspect must first answer to his alleged crimes in Arizona.

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