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LITTLE ROCK -- A Little Rock teenager who told police a home intruder shot his 12-year-old sister in the head has accepted a five-year prison sentence for wounding the girl himself.

A Little Rock teenager who told police a home intruder shot his 12-year-old sister in the head has accepted a five-year prison sentence for wounding the girl himself.

An overhaul of Arkansas parole system is expected by some defense attorneys to lead to more criminal cases going to trial, an outcome that would increase workloads for court-appointed attorneys already managing caseloads above national standards.

A limit on state hiring enacted by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders last month has kept public defenders across Arkansas from filling vacancies, straining attorneys already managing caseloads above national standards.

For the past 45 years, the best place to find Bill Simpson has been either the courtroom or the baseball field. In court, he was the chief public defender for the 6th Judicial District of Perry and Pulaski counties, serving that office for 48 years and leading it for 42.

For the past 45 years, the best place to find Bill Simpson has been either the courtroom or the baseball field.

A state effort to bolster the ranks of public defenders and prosecutors has offered little relief to Pulaski County courts burdened by backlogs of felony cases, according to a circuit court judge.

A Little Rock man who caused a fatal car crash while fleeing police who wanted to question him about an earlier shooting was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday by a Pulaski County circuit judge who watched the fiery collision on patrol-car video.

A 32-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for molesting his girlfriend’s daughters during visits to his home when he lived in Little Rock.

A 32-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for molesting his girlfriend's daughters during visits to his home when he lived in Little Rock.