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AZ: Feds sue Arpaio to get access to jail, records

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
The U.S. Department of Justice filed an unprecedented lawsuit Thursday against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for refusing to provide full access to records and facilities for a civil-rights investigation.

AZ: Court tosses conviction for littering at border

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
Human rights activists can't be charged with littering for leaving bottles of water for migrants on federal property, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

ID: Paper gets records detailing remote Idaho shootout

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Public records recently obtained by the Post Register detail a strange incident in which four Idaho State Police officers were left scrambling for safety when they were shot at by an unknown assailant at a remote mining claim.

IN: State board keeps Republican off ballot

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
The Indiana Election Commission refused to add a Lake Circuit Court candidate to the Nov. 2 ballot due to the method of his selection.

IN: Indiana to get share of Botox settlement

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
Indiana's attorney general says a pharmaceutical company that makes Botox will pay the state nearly $636,000 in a civil settlement.

IN: Plea deal to end inmate's time on Indiana's death row

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
ANDERSON, Ind. -- An inmate will be leaving Indiana's death row after more than 25 years after taking a deal with prosecutors giving him a 75-year prison sentence for killing a woman during a robbery.

IN: Indiana lawmakers consider ban on synthetic marijuana

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
State lawmakers are set to take up proposals that would ban synthetic marijuana substitutes known as K2 or Spice.

ND: Fargo caught for having most speed traps

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
A national organization for motorists released a list naming Fargo as having the most speed traps in the state.

ND: Prosecutor -- No key info withheld in Blunt case

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
A prosecutor says no relevant information was withheld from former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt before his felony trial.

OR: Judge orders government to revise plan to protect Pacific Northwest's northern spotted owls

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
In what conservation groups say is a win for science over political manipulation, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service must revise its recovery and habitat designation plans for the northern spotted owl.

SD: SD AG -- Deputies justified in fatal shooting

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the sheriff's deputies who fatally shot a Sioux Falls man last month were justified.

SD: S.D. governor urges safe holiday driving

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds is urging motorists to use extra caution on the state's highways during the Labor Day weekend.

WA: No more bets -- WA court says online bookie illegal

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:45
All bets are off at Betcha.com, a Seattle-based online bookmaker that couldn't skirt the state's gambling laws by making it optional for losing bettors to pay off wagers.

AK: Subsistence case against lawmaker dismissed

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 05:40
A judge in Sitka has dismissed subsistence fishing violation charges against Alaska state Sen. Albert Kookesh and three others.

AK: State reviewing case against Bill Allen

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 05:40
Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan said Thursday that state prosecutors are examining sex abuse allegations against former Veco Corp. chief Bill Allen, revitalizing a case that the U.S. Justice Department recently decided not to pursue.

AL: Two Alabama Republican justices give to Democratic Supreme Court candidates

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 05:40
Two Republican justices have donated to Democratic candidates for the Alabama Supreme Court, causing a potential split in an election year that has otherwise appeared rosy for the GOP.

AL: Troy King joins legal brief in support of Arizona's controversial immigration law

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 05:40
Alabama Attorney General Troy King said today that he will ask a federal circuit court to reverse a lower court's injunction that stopped enforcement of Arizona's controversial immigration law.

AR: Nelson sues Game & Fish Commission

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 05:40
Sheffield Nelson, a former chairman of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, sued the commission today alleging the panel is illegally controlled by three members.

AZ: State's tab to fight SB 1070 suits grows

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 05:40
Defending the state against lawsuits related to Senate Bill 1070 has cost more than $440,000 to date, and outstanding bills could add up to an excess of $1 million or more.

AZ: Brewer laughs at her epic pause

Crimes and Courts News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 05:40
Jan Brewer has been in politics for 28 years, but it took only 13 seconds to reshape her national image.
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