Oct 28 2010

Supreme Court Sides With Arizona in Lethal Injection Drug Dispute

Prison officials in Arizona executed convicted murderer Jeffrey Landrigan Tuesday night, shortly after the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote along ideological lines, rejected a late challenge from his lawyers based upon questions about the origins and ingredients of one of the drugs used in the lethal injection procedure. Landrigan was executed for [...]


Oct 28 2010

Supreme Court Sides With Arizona in Lethal Injection Drug Dispute

Prison officials in Arizona executed convicted murderer Jeffrey Landrigan Tuesday night, shortly after the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote along ideological lines, rejected a late challenge from his lawyers based upon questions about the origins and ingredients of one of the drugs used in the lethal injection procedure. Landrigan was executed for [...]


Oct 28 2010

Supreme Court Sides With Arizona in Lethal Injection Drug Dispute

Prison officials in Arizona executed convicted murderer Jeffrey Landrigan Tuesday night, shortly after the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote along ideological lines, rejected a late challenge from his lawyers based upon questions about the origins and ingredients of one of the drugs used in the lethal injection procedure. Landrigan was executed for [...]


Oct 23 2010

Toxic Powder, Swastika Drawings, Sent to Arizona Lawmaker’s Office

In a third threatening incident this year, Arizona Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva discovered a powdery toxic substance in a package mailed to his Tucson office. An aide said the stuff was found Thursday afternoon inside an envelope that also contained two drawings of swastikas — the Nazi emblem, CNN reported. The Tucson Fire Department confirmed [...]


Oct 14 2010

Terry Goddard Pulls Closer to Gov. Jan Brewer in Arizona

We haven’t written about the Arizona governor’s race much because Republican incumbent Jan Brewer has consistently had commanding leads in the polls over Democrat Terry Goddard. Brewer’s margins over Goddard, the state’s attorney general and opponent of the tough anti-illegal immigrant bill she signed into law, ranged from 16 to 22 points in five match-ups [...]


Sep 16 2010

‘Green’ Candidates Can Stay on Arizona Ballot Despite ‘Bad Faith,’ Judge Rules

Green is good, an Arizona judge has ruled. Eleven disputed Green Party candidates can stay on the ballot in Arizona, Superior Court Dean Fink said, even though the rag-tag group was recruited by mischievous Republicans hoping to siphon away liberal votes from Democrats. “The court has no hesitation in finding that each of these candidates [...]