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Federal prosecutors meet to discuss public safety for tribes

SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. – New laws have helped fix a legal system that left tribal communities especially vulnerable to violent crimes for decades, but challenges still remain, the top federa...

DATE: Sep 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Youth-offender system works, sometimes

Program for juvenile felons offers hope, havoc

DATE: Aug 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Utah revives plan for executions by firing squad

SALT LAKE CITY – Ten years after banning the use of firing squads in state executions, Utah lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a proposal to allow the practice again to avoid problems with leth...

DATE: Nov 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Criminalizing the sick

Durango man’s isolation in jail exacerbated his mental illness

DATE: Jun 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Machete-wielding man gets four years in prison

CORTEZ – A father of five was ordered to serve two consecutive two-year prison terms in connection with terrorizing a Cortez neighborhood with a machete during the summer. After p...

DATE: Dec 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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