MEASURED JUSTICE – EPISODE ONE: THE DIGNITY ACT Published on the Legal-Ease Podcast on November 23, 2021 MEASURED JUSTICE covers criminal justice reform topics in America. The first episode discusses issues in prison which precipitated the Dignity Act and similar legislation across the country. Guests include Kurt Altman, State Director in Arizona and New Mexico […]
READ THE ARTICLE HERE: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rittenhouse-case-cautionary-tale-conservatives PUBLISHED ON FOX NEWS ON NOVEMBER 16, 2021 Thousands of cases a day go through our nation’s court systems, but most do not grab the headlines or scrutiny of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. The power and prejudice this prosecution is wielding should worry anyone who advocates for the fair administration […]
“In this economy I can’t fill the jobs I have.” “I would hire someone with a criminal record, but I can’t because my insurance rates will go up if I do.” These are some of the comments I have heard from employers during Arizona’s economic boom. With thousands of people released from state prison each […]
On April 22, 2021, Kurt joined the Arizona Capitol Times Morning Scoop show to discuss the fate of earned release credits in Arizona. WATCH HERE: Morning Scoop: Prison Reform Update: Will Earned Release Credits Legislation Pass This Year?
Arizona prosecutors are seeking the stiffest possible prison sentence for a former metro Phoenix politician convicted in an illegal adoption scheme — one that could land him behind bars for as many as 18 years. The prosecutors have not publicly disclosed precisely how many years in prison they will seek for Paul Peterson, a Republican […]
A report detailing economic benefits of proposed expanded earned release credits gives a look into a possible new middle ground in the debate on revamping Arizona?s prison system. The report by Rounds Consulting Group analyzed the earned release credits proposal in the 2020 Second Chances, Rehabilitation and Public Safety Act ballot initiative, which didn?t make […]
A former Arizona Republican began serving the first of three sentences on Thursday for running an illegal adoption scheme that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to come to the U.S. and give away their babies. Paul Petersen, 45, a former adoption attorney who was the Maricopa County Assessor for six years, was sentenced […]
A former Arizona politician must report to prison Thursday to begin serving the first of three sentences for running an illegal adoption scheme that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to come to the U.S. to give up their babies. Paul Petersen, a Republican who served as Maricopa County assessor for six years and […]
Rolson Price still scans Facebook for her picture. He?s seen her occasionally, at the periphery of someone else?s photo, instantly recognisable. But he?s never met her, and concedes he never will. He still doesn?t know his daughter?s name. Price is one of dozens of victims of an extraordinary and brazen human trafficking ring, operating for […]
Adoption attorney Paul Petersen on Tuesday was sentenced in federal court for running a human trafficking ring in which he paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to come to the United States and give up their babies for adoption. Petersen, of Mesa, Ariz., received a prison sentence of six years and two months. He […]