Maricopa County 2020 Election Could Bring Big Change to Mass Incarceration
By Max Woods | | Brad Rideout, Community, Criminal Defense, Jail, Marijuana Law, Politics, Sin categorizar
This election season is bringing the Maricopa County Attorney position to the ballot. The incumbent Allister Adel is concerned with ...
AZ Federal Judge Upholds Child Abuse ‘Black List’
By Max Woods | | Brad Rideout, Community, Criminal Defense, Juvenile, Juvenile Law, Politics, Sin categorizar
A Maricopa County federal judge dismissed a legal challenge to Arizona's Department of Child Safety's new child abuse blacklist policy. ...
Could Recreational Marijuana Revenue Help Arizona’s Pandemic Recovery?
By Max Woods | | Brad Rideout, Community, Criminal Defense, Marijuana Law, Politics, Public Health, Safety, Sin categorizar
Recreational marijuana tax revenue has proven to be "pandemic proof" in other states, is it time for Arizona to legalize ...
Too Many Youth Are Being Charged as Adults
By Max Woods | | Brad Rideout, Community, Criminal Defense, Jail, Juvenile, Juvenile Law, Sin categorizar
With the annual number of minors being charged as adults at 76,000, it is clear that change is needed. Over ...
Arizona’s Potential Marijuana Legalization Stirs Up Mixed Feelings
By Max Woods | | Brad Rideout, Community, Criminal Defense, Jail, Marijuana Law, Politics, Public Health, Safety, Sin categorizar
Arizona Proposition 207 to legalize marijuana is now on the ballots, making AZ a new battleground for marijuana legalization. Arizona ...
Arizona Police Departments Enlist Brady List Officers
By Max Woods | | Brad Rideout, Community, Criminal Defense, Jail, Safety, Sin categorizar, Supreme Court
ABC 15 goes investigates AZ police departments with Brady List officers and the damage they have done. Since the 1963 ...
Maricopa County Attorney Pulls Back Anti-Adoption Policy
By Max Woods | | Adoption, Brad Rideout, Community, Criminal Defense, Juvenile, Juvenile Law, Politics, Sin categorizar
Maricopa County reverses a 5 year old policy that outsourced legal support for gay couples going through the adoption process. ...
Remembering Landmark AZ Case to Give Minors the Right to Legal Counsel
By Max Woods | | Brad Rideout, Community, Criminal Defense, Jail, Juvenile, Juvenile Law, Politics, Sin categorizar, Supreme Court
Reflecting on the anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court case brings appreciation but also the revelation more change needs to ...
Arizona Sees Big Decline in DUI Cases Over July 4th Weekend
By Max Woods | | Brad Rideout, Community, Criminal Defense, DUI, Jail, Public Health, Safety, Sin categorizar
The COVID epidemic has taken drivers off the road for the 4th of July, leading to less traffic stops and ...