AltWeeklies Wire
Suzi Dodt's Mission: To Return the Nameless Dead to Their Loved Onesnew

As the Unidentified Persons Bureau at the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office, she often refers to her cases by their numbers, because that's all she has. But, in her heart, she knows that the anonymous souls were real people who once walked among us, with families, friends, dreams, lives.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
07-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Can the Shaq Deal Bring a NBA Title to Phoenix?new
Consider this: Suns general manager Steve Kerr's been beating the odds his whole life.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
04-29-2008 |
Sports
Molecular Damagenew
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Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Catch Him If You Cannew
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Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Rent a Patientnew
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Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Head on a Skewernew
Joe Arpaio was so obsessed with getting a hard-charging New Times writer prosecuted that he badgered Andy Thomas into making a fool of himself.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
03-25-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Maricopa County Power Playnew
Law enforcement's attack on the judiciary didn't work, but the war's far from over.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
12-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Brother's Keepernew
Phoenix boxing great Michael Carbajal says his big brother and manager, Danny, stole every penny he had.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
11-06-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Hitting Below the Belt in Phoenixnew

Lawyer Dennis Wilenchik is spearheading Sheriff Joe Arpaio's attempt to smear his chief political rival.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
09-26-2007 |
Politics
Final Exit Volunteers Call it Assisted Suicidenew

But prosecutors in Arizona may call it manslaughter.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
08-28-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Death by Electrocutionernew
In a worst-case scenario for stun guns, a Phoenix cop kills a suspect with an 84-second tasing.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
07-02-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Taser Aftershock!new

Turns out much-maligned stun guns are a good thing overall.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
06-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Letters From Hellnew
Robert Comer wrote to New Times from prison for years, predicting recently that his soul would be in the real hell "soon enough" -- last week, he was executed.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
05-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Belle of the Ball Gagnew
Straight out of jail, Mistress Seven wants to hurt -- and be hurt.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
05-22-2007 |
Culture
An Outrageous Fortunenew

Private lawyers in Maricopa County child-dependency cases are soaking us for unbelievable bucks.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
04-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice