Cattle thieves took more than $100 grand from Doug Kuhn, and the state didn’t have the resources to seek justice. It’s impossible to know exactly how much Kuhn lost. He’s a rancher. Ranchers rarely know exactly how many animals they own. All Kuhn knew for sure, is that he was missing one-quarter of his herd. He estimates that thieves took…
A jangle fills the room, overpowering the rattling air vent. Five men and one woman in striped inmate uniforms, “Cochise County Jail” on their backs and shackled limbs, enter Judge Wallace R. Hoggatt’s courtroom. The room silences. One inmate waves to a woman in the audience. She smiles. U.S. and Arizona flags stand tall on either side…
For 23 minutes, Tucson prison guards recorded Anthony Lester bleeding to death. Lester slit his throat, wrists and legs with a razor he never should have been given. Lester suffered from schizophrenia. Before he committed suicide, he told his family that the voices in his head were getting worse. The recording can be found here….
