Former governor’s aide Tim Nelson pulled out a dominant win over Gerald Richard in the Democratic primary to become the Valley’s top prosecutor.

Two prosecutors took the stand Tuesday in a hearing to determine whether the criminal case against Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox should be dismissed.

LOS ANGELES - Fugitive director Roman Polanski received a message from prosecutors in a sexually explicit court motion Tuesday that all is not forgiven and they will fight dismissal of a three-decade-old conviction for raping a 13-year-old.

LOS ANGELES - City prosecutors said Thursday they will ask a judge to revoke Paris Hilton's probation in a reckless driving case, a move that could lead to a jail term.

BERLIN - Prosecutors plan to keep an eye on Madonna's weekend concert in Duesseldorf to see if the pop diva repeats the mock crucifixion scene that has drawn fire from religious leaders.

January 5, 2005

NEW YORK - The government rested its case Friday against Martha Stewart and her stockbroker, and a judge said she would hear arguments next week on whether some charges in the case should be thrown out.

ST. LOUIS - The archbishop assigned by the Vatican to temporarily run the Diocese of Phoenix said Friday he’ll uphold a deal that the former bishop struck with a local prosecutor.

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration's Justice Department's actions were inappropriately political, but not criminal, when it fired a U.S. attorney in 2006, prosecutors said Wednesday in closing a two-year investigation without filing charges.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has retained former Georgia congressman Bob Barr in an attempt to derail the dispute resolution process with county administrators.

A judge on Wednesday rejected the county attorney's request to appoint special prosecutors to take over the criminal cases and investigations of Maricopa County leaders.

A Maricopa County Attorney spokesman lambasted a motion filed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Superior Court urging the court to require the board's approval before any specially appointed deputy county attorneys attend "the grand jury."

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office is taking one more crack at persuading the county Board of Supervisors to ratify the appointment of special prosecutors to investigate Supervisor Don Stapley.

The former top prosecutor in the case against indicted Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley was chastised by an angry judge Friday for allowing a developer's deposition to be released to the Tribune.

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas was adamant that he would never again give up a case unless he believed he had a genuine conflict of interest.

The prosecutor in the criminal case against Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley was scolded by a judge Thursday over the release of a sealed deposition obtained by the Tribune.