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Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Talks Choosing Judges, Death Penalty

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch
Arizona Supreme Court
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch

Rebecca White Berch was selected to join the by then-Governor Jane Hull in 2002. Then in 2009, she started serving a five-year stint as the court’s chief justice.

After announcing her retirement during the summer, Justice Berch’s career on the high court will be completed September 28th.

Justice Berch spoke about a number of issues including Arizona’s merit selection system of choosing judges and whether Arizona will ever eliminate the death penalty.

Steve Goldstein was a host at KJZZ from 1997 to 2022.