‘Words matter’: Asian Americans frightened, frustrated by continued hate crimes
PHOENIX – Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian American and Pacific Islander community have seen increases in hate crimes. After this week’s Atlanta murders, Arizona advocates are voicing the need for change.
‘Super-predator’ legacy: How children end up in the adult justice system
Tens of thousands of kids are prosecuted as adults each year, and some serve out their sentences in adult prisons.
Program offers alternative for youth who commit misdemeanors, gains national attention
PHOENIX – In King County, Iziah Reedy was sent to a seminar after getting caught with a gun. In Phoenix, he was sent to jail for getting caught with stolen sneakers. His story exemplifies the differences in the juvenile justice system.
Right to legal counsel for minors grew out of Arizona case from 1964
PHOENIX – The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Arizona case known as Gault was a landmark moment in juvenile justice: Children were officially recognized as having the same legal rights as adults. But more than 50 years later, legal experts say the goal of the ruling has failed.
Guns from U.S. partly fueling crime rise in Mexico; business group says
MEXICO CITY – The Mexican Employers Confederation expressed alarm at rising rates of violent crime since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in December, and it blames some of the situation on weapons smuggled in from the U.S.
Gallego: Latino and immigrant hate are ‘one and the same’
U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, said Latinos have become entangled in rising anti-immigrant hate over the past couple decades.
Clown sightings in Arizona: Are you concerned?
Schools in Mesa were on alert last month after a clown group threatened teachers and students on social media and on their personal cell phones.
Maryvale neighbors watch out for crime as serial shootings plague neighborhood
PHOENIX — Unsolved shootings that have claimed the lives of five people in Maryvale weigh heavily on local police and community members, but a neighborhood watch group on Wednesday said they focus on preventing petty crimes that affect people’s day-to-day lives.
I saw it on Facebook: Posts alert neighbors to crime, community help
MARICOPA — When Trisha Johnson spotted a Mitsubishi lurching along the dusty road in front of her house, her fingers flew over the keyboard of her smartphone. Within seconds, she posted an alert on Facebook to neighbors in her rural community.
Arizona felons have steep path to restore voting rights
PHOENIX - Michele Keller has been out of prison for nearly a decade.
With a parent in prison, Arizona children face poverty and instability
Matthew Rohrbach has no children of his own, just his wife and a 170-pound Great Dane named Loki. Instead, he has he has been involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona and is matched with 15-year-old Mick — whose father is in prison.
