Arizona spends millions on the death penalty. Victims’ families want it spent on cold cases.
Family members of homicide victims called on lawmakers and law enforcement to shift funding away from heavy sentences and capital punishment to cold-case investigations, violence prevention and survivor support. At a news conference Monday, members of Arizonans for Effective Public Safety recounted the still unsolved murders of their daughter, son, husband and cousin, crimes that […]
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