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December 15, 2010
Mug Shot Pirate/ Rapist Extraordinaire Found Guilty of Sexual Assault and Kidnapping
Yarrr!A convicted rapist, who has already served a prison sentence for sexual assault, is headed back to the big house after being found guilty of sexual assault (again) and kidnapping yesterday.At the very least, 34-year-old Jacob Israel Randles is looking at a minimum sentence of 94 years in pr ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
Sean Gaines Gets 25 Years in Skinhead Slaying, While Patrick Bearup Remains on Death Row
Patrick Bearup: Facing the needle, while his cohorts cheat deathSomeone contacted me recently, wondering whether or not I support the death penalty. I told them I do not, but not because I think it's such a bad idea to give the needle to those who are dead-to-rights guilty of a capital crime.Rather, ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
DMX Moved to Mental-Health Unit at Arizona State Prison Complex
Arizona Department of Corrections Rapper DMXRapper Earl Simmons, better known as DMX, is housed in a mental-health unit at an Arizona State Prison Complex facility called Alhambra near 25th street and Van Buren.DMX was sentenced to a year in jail (minus 113 days served) on December 16 ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Spree Wasn't First Arizona Rampage
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is fighting for her life.The Saturday shooting rampage in Tucson that felled Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others, six of whom died, wasn't the first such mass-killing spree in Arizona.Listed below are other Arizona mass shootin ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
Attorney Who Defended Unabomber, 9/11 Conspirator, and Olympic Park Bomber Slated to Represent Man Accused of Murderous Rampage in Tucson
www.jcsrlaw.net Defense Attorney Judy Clarke has defended a laundry list of high-profile clients accused of capital crimesWhat type of legal defense will Jared Loughner's legal team mount? How do you defend a suspect who carries out a violent crime as publicly as the one Loughner alle ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
Phoenix Man Convicted of Murder After Dropping Dead Wife Off at Police Station Sentenced to Prison
Dwight Wesley was sentenced to 22 years in prison for murdering his wife.A Phoenix man who brought his dead wife's body to the police station last year was sentenced in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.Dwight Wesley, 58, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last October, and ... More >>
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February 8, 2011
Daniel Wayne Cook Execution to Go Forward, State Supreme Court Rules
Daniel Wayne Cook's 24 years on death row could be coming to an end.The Arizona Supreme Court ruled this afternoon that the execution of a convicted murderer -- who's been sitting on death row for nearly 24 years -- can finally go forward.The court approved the death warrant for Daniel Wayne Cook ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Avondale Man Gets Life for Murder of Girlfriend's 3-Year-Old Daughter
Alvaro DuarteAn Avondale man convicted of murdering his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where Judge Janet Barton sentenced him to naturla life in prison.Alvaro Holguin Duarte pleaded guilty to the 2008 murder of Alisandra Oliviana Romero, his gi ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Daniel Wayne Cook's Date With Death Scheduled for April
Daniel Wayne Cook will be put to the death on April 5.It's on.After nearly 24 years on death row, convicted murderer Daniel Wayne Cook finally has been assigned a date with death.The Arizona Department of Corrections announced today that Cook will be executed on April 5, at 10 a.m ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Arsonist Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison; Still Faces Five Murder Charges
unodc.org Have fun trying to burn down your new place.Arsonist and alleged penta-murderer William Craig Miller was sentenced today to 16 years in prison in a 2005 arson case, which probably doesn't sound that bad to Miller, since prosecutors will seek the death penalty in his upcoming murd ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Daniel Wayne Cook Files Last-Ditch Petition to Avoid Execution
Daniel Wayne Cook really doesn't want to die.Give it up, bub...After sitting on death row for more than two decades, Daniel Wayne Cook is still fighting to avoid his date with the executioner's needle, which happens to be less than a month away.Cook's attorneys filed a petition to review his deat ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Chandler Man Gets 25 Years in Prison for Fatally Tossing Toddler Onto Floor
Jeremias Joel AguilarA Chandler man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter was in court this morning where he was sentenced to prison time and a probation.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Robert Gottsfield sentenced 21-year-old Jeremias Joel Agu ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Daniel Wayne Cook Petition Denied; Execution to Go Forward
Daniel Wayne CookThe execution of convicted murder Daniel Wayne Cook, who has been sitting on death row for more than two decades, will go forward after a last-ditch petition filed by his lawyer was denied by the state Supreme Court yesterday.Earlier this month, Cook's attorneys filed a petition ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
Catholic Bishops Protest Upcoming Executions; Say Death Penalty Contributes to "Culture of Death"
There are two executions scheduled to take place in Arizona in the next week, and Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference aren't happy about it.The group issued a statement on the matter this morning, which you can read in its entirety below.
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March 29, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Stay for Condemned Murderer, Execution Scheduled for 10 a.m.
If you're reading this after 10 a.m., there's a pretty good chance that convicted murderer Eric John King will be dead.The United States Supreme Court this morning denied a stay of execution filed by King's attorneys that would have delayed his execution until the state switches to a one-drug exe ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Death Row Inmate Daniel Wayne Cook Denied Mercy by State Clemency Board. To be Executed Tuesday
Daniel Wayne CookAs convicted murderer Daniel Wayne Cook's date with death inches closer, a state clemency board has denied his request for mercy.Cook's lawyers claim he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and brain damage that wasn't diagnosed at the time of his sentencing. His att ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Kid Killer Jason Bush to Join Accomplice Shawna Forde on Death Row for Deadly 2009 Attack on Arivaca Family
Clear a spot on death row for kid killer Jason Bush.Jason Bush, the kid-killing accomplice of Minutewoman Shawna Forde, will join his murderous cohort on death row, a Tucson jury decided today.Bush was found guilty last monthd in the murders of an Arivaca man and his daughter in May 2009.In ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
Federal Government Dishes Out $119,000 in Fraudulent Tax Returns to Arizona Rapist Serving Life Sentence. Oops.
Troy FearsWhile the inefficiency of the Internal Revenue Service is enough to make most Americans want to bang their heads against a wall (or fly an airplane into one of its offices), it's paid off nicely for an Arizona man currently serving a life sentence at a Maine prison.Troy Fears, 54, ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
KPHO Pities Susan Brock and Her "Tough" Sentence With List of "Similar" Cases That Are Only "Similar" Because She's a Woman
www.kpho.comSusan Brock, the teen-touching somewhat-estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was sentenced yesterday to 13 years in prison for carrying out a three-year sexual relationship with a teenage boy she met through the Mormon Church -- and KPHO seems to think that ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Avondale Man Who Traded Tattoo For Sex With Teen Gets More Than Seven Years in Joint
Juan Lara's tattoo parlor will be moving from his Avondale trailer to an Arizona state prison.An amateur Avondale tattoo artist who traded a tattoo for sex with a teenage girl was sentenced to prison today after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted child prostitution and two counts of unlaw ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Execution Date Set for Arizona Killer More Than 25 Years After Being Convicted of Murdering 13-Year-Old Girl
Arizona Department of Corrections Donald Edward BeatyAn execution date finally has been set for an Arizona killer convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl as she collected money for her paper route at a Tempe apartment complex in 1984.After nearly 26 years on Death Row -- o ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Shawna Forde, Kid-Killing Minutewoman, Sentenced to 65 Years in Prison -- in Addition to Death Sentence
If Shawna Forde avoids the executioner's needle, she still has at least 65 years in prison to look forward to.Assuming Shawna Forde, the kid-killing minutewoman sentenced to death for the 2009 murders of an Arivaca man and his daughter, avoids her date with death, she won't be getting out of pris ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
Donald Beaty, Kid-Killing Rapist, Wants Death Sentence Overturned
Donald Edward BeatyKid-killing rapist Donald Beaty is scheduled to be put to death on May 25 at the state prison in Florence for the 1984 murder and rape of 13-year-old Christy Ann Fornoff. Let the last-minute appeals commence.Beaty's attorneys filed a motion yesterday to have his death sentence ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Maricopa County Attorney's Office Explains Light Sentence for Jehovah's Witness Elder Convicted of Sex Crimes
David Clark Nelson, a former Jehovah's Witness elder, pleaded guilty to charges that in 1980 he played strip poker and had oral sex with a teenage boy. He was sentenced this morning to six months in county jail and three years probation. If that seems like a light sentence, that's because it is. ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Kiddy Porn Peddler Cries at Sentencing; Gets 15 Years in Prison
www.icanhascheezeberger.comA Peoria man was sentenced today for his role in an international kiddy porn racket, and when the judge read his sentence, he cried like a baby.David Dean, a 43-year-old trucker from Peoria, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised probatio ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
Donald Beaty, Kid-Killing Rapist, Will be Put to Death Next Week, Judge Reiterates
Donald Beaty will be put to death on May 25.An Arizona judge has refused to block the death sentence of a man convicted of the 1984 rape and murder of 13-year-old Christy Ann Fornoff.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Janet Barton ruled today that Donald Beaty's claims that he didn't have effec ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
Daniel Gukeisen, Ex-Attorney Who Fatally Stabbed ASU Student, Sentenced to Five Years in the Joint
Daniel GukeisenDaniel Gukeisen, a former attorney who was convicted of fatally stabbing Arizona State University student Garrett Hohn, was sentenced to five years in prison this morning after being found guilty of manslaughter last month.He actually showed up for court this time.When the verdict ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
DMX Reportedly Granted Early Release from Prison
One of DMX's many mug shots.Troubled hip-hop star DMX, whom we profiled just after he was sentenced to a year in the clink last December, will be released on July 1, according to the website hiphopwired.com. DMX (real name: Earl Simmons) was on the comeback trail last year when he was sentenced ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
Cronkite News Service Story on Tough Sentencing Laws Underplayed Criminal History of Ex-Prisoner
Arizona's sentencing laws are so tough that a woman recently served two years in prison for her first DUI because of a previous conviction for possession of marijuana. The disturbing news can be found in a May 23 article by a journalism student about the need for&nbs ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Fernando Woody, Fetus-Killing Father, Gets 10 Years in Prison for Death of Unborn Baby
The United States Attorney's Office announced today that a man who killed his unborn baby has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter.Fernando Woody, 28, of Fort Defiance pleaded guilty to the crime in March.
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June 22, 2011
Jim Repetto, Ocean Spray Cranberry Thief Once Thought to be Lost at Sea, Gets Five Years in Prison
Jim Repetto's alive and well -- and heading to prison.Ocean Spray Cranberries thief James Repetto probably wishes he was still "lost at sea."Repetto was in a Massachusettes federal court this morning where he was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from the c ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Immigrants Who Fight Deportation Are Packed Into Federal Gulags for Months or Years Before Their Cases Are Heard
Jim Repetto's alive and well -- and heading to prison.Ocean Spray Cranberries thief James Repetto probably wishes he was still "lost at sea."Repetto was in a Massachusettes federal court this morning where he was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from the c ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Nearly 20 Percent of Arizona's Condemned Inmates Have Been Sitting on Death Row for at Least 20 Years -- on the Taxpayers' Dime
Huffington PostDon't murder anyone in Arizona, or there's a good chance you'll end up here...20 years later.Kid-killing child molester Richard Bible was executed this morning after sitting on death row -- on the taxpayers' dime -- for more than 20 years.But Bible's not the only convicted murderer ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Morning Poll: How Long is Too Long to Be on Death Row?
Huffington PostIf you kill someone in Arizona, there's a chance you'll be strapped to a table similar to this one -- 20 years later.New Times took a look yesterday at Arizona's 130 death row inmates awaiting execution. Turns out, nearly 20 percent (24 of 130) have been rotting away/cheating court ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Arizona Court Upholds Death Sentence for James Styers, One of 24 Inmates on Death Row for Over 20 Years
Arizona Department of Corrections James StyersThe Arizona Supreme Court has again upheld the death sentence of a man who murdered his girlfriend's 4-year-old son more than 20 years ago.Styers is one of 24 inmates who's been on Arizona's death row for two decades or more.In a 4-1 ruling tod ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Thomas Paul West, Condemned Inmate on Death Row for Nearly 23 Years, Begs for Mercy Before Tuesday Execution
Arizona Department of CorrectionsThomas Paul WestThomas Paul West, 52, has been on death row since the Reagan administration. He's scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday, but is now seeking the same last-minute appeals many condemned inmates seek before their state-ordered date with death.West i ... More >>
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July 19, 2011
Thomas Paul West to be Executed Within the Hour for 1987 Murder
AZ DOCThomas West is scheduled to die in less than an hourFor the fifth time since October, Arizona is set to execute a convicted murderer. Like many before him, Thomas Paul West has been on Death Row for over 20 years.West is scheduled to die -- barring a last-minute reprieve -- at 11 a.m.West, ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Why Did the Arizona Department of Corrections Put a Mentally Ill Man in a Cell With a Convicted Killer?
AZ DOCThomas West is scheduled to die in less than an hourFor the fifth time since October, Arizona is set to execute a convicted murderer. Like many before him, Thomas Paul West has been on Death Row for over 20 years.West is scheduled to die -- barring a last-minute reprieve -- at 11 a.m.West, ... More >>
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August 25, 2011
A Former Jehovah's Witness Elder Who Sexually Abused a Teenager Gets Only Six Months
AZ DOCThomas West is scheduled to die in less than an hourFor the fifth time since October, Arizona is set to execute a convicted murderer. Like many before him, Thomas Paul West has been on Death Row for over 20 years.West is scheduled to die -- barring a last-minute reprieve -- at 11 a.m.West, ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 15th, 2011
AZ DOCThomas West is scheduled to die in less than an hourFor the fifth time since October, Arizona is set to execute a convicted murderer. Like many before him, Thomas Paul West has been on Death Row for over 20 years.West is scheduled to die -- barring a last-minute reprieve -- at 11 a.m.West, ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Death Row `Last Meals' May Becoming Thing of The Past (Not Executions)
We wrote a little story back for this paper in the Dark Ages (before, yikes, the Internet!) about the last meals that Arizona's death row inmates order in advance should their time ever come. This pup was not eaten by a death row inmate. It was kind of a humorous piece that f ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
AG Tom Horne on Upcoming Execution of Kid-Killing Rapist Richard Stokley: Hurry Up
Arizona Department of CorrectionsRichard StokleyA Federal appeals court today upheld the death sentence for kid-killing rapist Richard Stokley. No execution date has been set, but Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne doesn't want to see Stokley's date with death delayed any further."The date for St ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
A Respected State Prison Officer Quits Over Dangerous Conditions for Inmates and Guards
Arizona Department of CorrectionsRichard StokleyA Federal appeals court today upheld the death sentence for kid-killing rapist Richard Stokley. No execution date has been set, but Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne doesn't want to see Stokley's date with death delayed any further."The date for St ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Chronic Drug Use and Childhood Abuse (and Crappy Lawyers) Wins Death Row Inmate New Trial Or Life in Prison
Arizona Department of CorrectionsSteven JamesThe 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has tossed out the death sentence of an Arizona death row inmate who was sentenced to die for the brutal 1981 murder of a man he targeted for being gay.Inmate Steven Craig James, 53, who's been on death row for nearly 2 ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Should Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau Expect a Date With an Executioner's Needle?
Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau is a prime candidate for the death penalty.Regardless of your opinion of the death penalty, it exists because of guys like convicted Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau.Goudeau was convicted yesterday of 67 serious felonies -- nine of which were murder raps -- stemming from ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Jeffrey Graybill -- Arizona Man Who Posed as Fertility Doc to Molest Grown Men -- Gets Prison Time, Probation for Life
Jeffery GraybillAn Arizona man was sentenced to prison time this morning after pleading guilty to charges that he posed as a fertility doctor in order to molest grown men.Jeffrey Graybill, who used the name "Doctor Richardson" to practice faux-medicine, was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior C ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Take a Chilling Look Inside the Baseline Killer Case
Jeffery GraybillAn Arizona man was sentenced to prison time this morning after pleading guilty to charges that he posed as a fertility doctor in order to molest grown men.Jeffrey Graybill, who used the name "Doctor Richardson" to practice faux-medicine, was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior C ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Execution Warrant For Robert Moorman, Arizona's Longest Serving Death Row Inmate, Could Be Issued Today
AZDOCRobert Moorman chopped his adoptive mother up into pieces and scattered the remains in dumpsters near the Florence Prison, where he was an inmate at the time.The Arizona Supreme Court today will consider whether to issue an execution warrant for a man convicted of murdering his adoptive moth ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Is 15 Years in the Joint Enough For Scott Bass, Dad Who Locked 14-Year-Old Daughter in Bathroom For Months?
MCSOFifteen years for Scott Bass?Yesterday, Scott Bass was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and child abuse charges for locking his 14-year-old daughter in a bathroom for more than two months.Per his plea deal, Bass faced up to 17 years in prison -- and New Time ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Roger Garfield Released From Prison and Granted New Trial Based on Change in Self-Defense Law; Former Antiques Dealer Shot Unarmed Homeless Man
Image: Ray SternRoger Garfield, a former antiques dealers who claimed self defense after shooting an unarmed man in 2006, has been released from prison and granted a new trial. Roger Garfield, the former antiques dealer who shot and killed an unarmed homeless man in 2006, has been released fr ... More >>
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