For the first time in Alaska history, the state’s supreme court is majority female. It’s also being led, for just the second ...

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

A federal judge who already questioned the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive ...

Maria Elena Cruz becomes the first Latina and Black justice on Arizona's Supreme Court, reflecting the state's growing ...

The Arizona Supreme Court now has seven justices after Maria Elena Cruz was sworn in on Feb. 3. She's a historical appointee, and we're learning more about her in a one-on-one interview.

Gov. Katie Hobbs administered the oath to Cruz, who restores the bench to seven members after the retirement of Justice Robert Brutinel.

Photo: Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Maria ... on the Arizona Supreme Court reaffirms that the court belongs to the people of Arizona,” the governor stated. Cruz was first appointed by former ...

Still image of Justice Kyra Harris Bolden, who was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court by ... [+] Governor Gretchen Whitmer, making her the first Black woman to serve on the state's highest court.

Maria Elena Cruz is the Arizona Supreme Court's first Latina justice. But that's not the most important reason why she got the job.

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Monday placed the first Latina and the first Black ever on the Arizona Supreme Court. While in private practice, Cruz also served as a judge for the Cocopah Indian Tribe before ...

Katie Hobbs appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday, making the state appellate judge from Yuma County the first Latina and first Black ... The Associated Press’ women in ...