High-profile DWI cases spotlight complicated world of legal conflicts
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Legal ethics experts say the rules governing such conflicts are gray. Continue Reading
Most victims of domestic or gang violence alone not eligible for asylum, AG says
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The ruling reverses long-standing U.S. policy and, immigration attorneys and advocacy groups say, paves the way for victims of violence to stay trapped in their home countries. Continue Reading
Pardons have plummeted in NM under Gov. Martinez
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Susana Martinez, a former district attorney, has granted just three pardons since taking office. Continue Reading
To reduce school violence, build smaller schools
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The evidence is clear that school shootings and violence are more likely to occur in larger schools. Continue Reading
Q&A: Doña Ana County sheriff responds to controversies, defends tenure
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Enrique ‘Kiki’ Vigil says his biggest mistake has been “misjudgments” in appointments to key jobs but he’s confident in his new undersheriff and says he’s broken up cliques that resisted change. Continue Reading
Pilot project to house families sees success, but its future is uncertain
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Over three years the program has prevented dozens of kids from ending up in foster care. Continue Reading
Murder and other violence plague Mexico’s elections
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Scores of political aspirants, primary candidates, sitting office holders, activists and family members have been murdered across the country. Continue Reading
Treated like trash
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A death. A cover-up. An immigrant meets a terrible end in the Bronx. Continue Reading
Investigation reveals serious abuses within treatment foster care system
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Companies operate with minimal oversight from state officials, according to an investigation by Searchlight New Mexico. Continue Reading
‘She changed everything:’ Family, services help father turn life around for his daughter
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Mya Angel Turrieta was born with heroin in her bloodstream. Here are the people and programs helping to save her. Continue Reading
Good police work or racial profiling? How so many blacks were arrested in federal sting in ABQ
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A debate over how so many black people came to be arrested in a 2016 sting operation in Albuquerque is playing out in the city’s federal courthouse. Continue Reading
APD detective led federal agents to ‘Memphis Mob’
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APD’s involvement appears to have led, in part, to one of the more controversial aspects of the ATF sting operation: the arrest of black people at a rate highly disproportionate to their population in the city. Continue Reading
ATF agent touted sting’s ‘righteous targets’ in email
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The email offers a window both into the lead agent’s thought process and what defense lawyers made of the correspondence and how it fits into allegations about the ATF’s conduct during the operation. Continue Reading
Legal wrangling could pose challenge to proving racial profiling claims against ATF
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Some defendants are trying to prove that ATF racially profiled them in a massive undercover operation. Continue Reading
ABQ City Council sends cannabis decriminalization to Keller’s desk
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The City of Albuquerque is one step closer to reducing the penalties for the possession of small amounts of cannabis. Continue Reading