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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

SCOTUS affirms and expands justification for deadly police force

Isaac Rounseville May 1, 2018

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government officials, except in cases of clear incompetence or intentional law breaking, can use deadly force against unarmed civilians. The ruling...

How does sexual assault impact minorities?

How does sexual assault impact minorities?

Isaac Rounseville April 17, 2018

Nationwide studies of sexual assault indicate that racial minorities, transgender people and people with disabilities are targets of sexual violence at greater rates than the general population. The...

SOURCE: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv16_sum.pdf

The exceptional difficulty of prosecuting rape

Isaac Rounseville April 17, 2018

  Sexual assault remains the most underreported and underprosecuted violent crime in the United States. Of the small fraction of incidents that are reported, even fewer incidents actually result...

The Pima County Public Defenders Office, with a budget of $12 million, is the largest public defense office in Pima County.

What’s a key factor for your constitutional rights? Geography

Isaac Rounseville March 22, 2018

Michael Penrod’s daily routine typically involves a 35-mile commute to meet with his clients. Because clients tend to be poor, isolated and in need of legal aid, his workspace spans all of Navajo County’s...

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