Patrick McNamara's best of 2014
These are some of the most important or interesting stories by Star reporter Patrick McNamara in 2014.
The stories include several big issues — like eyewitness accounts in criminal prosecutions or laws that can punish people who view child porn more harshly than people who commit in-person sexual abuse — and some examples of his favorite writing.
Report lists best practices for police and courts to improve eyewitness accounts.
However, the rate has fallen — for violence, too — since the 1990s.
If defendants not competent to help defend themselves, judges have no choice.
Defendant was part of larger anti-government movement that denies federal authority.
Wednesday's execution opens questions about possible pain felt during lethal injection.
They rank near the bottom in base salary but find money elsewhere.
Southern Arizona’s Pascua Yaqui Tribe is one of the first native groups in the nation to earn legal standing to prosecute outsiders who attack…
He was just a boy when his dad was killed, leaving Bill Kelley much to learn about the man his dad was through the many letters and writings h…
Child pornography was almost unheard of just 20 years ago.
