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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEx-Sheriff Joe Arpaio's fate in criminal contempt trial rests with judge
Phoenix (CNN)Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio claimed "nobody is higher than me," and told his deputies they could enforce federal immigration law in defiance of a court order, a prosecutor said Thursday in the closing arguments for Arpaio's criminal contempt trial.
But defense attorney Dennis Wilenchik blamed Arpaio's former attorney for not properly explaining the order issued by a federal judge -- and on the wording of the "ambiguous" order. Wilenchik contended that the prosecution of Arpaio, who served as sheriff of Phoenix's Maricopa County for more than two decades, is politically motivated.
Prosecutors say the former lawman, who once called himself "America's toughest sheriff," continued to make immigration arrests after he was ordered to stop -- and those actions violated the court order stemming from a separate racial profiling case.
US District Judge G. Murray Snow first issued a temporary injunction in 2011, barring Arpaio from detaining people solely based on their immigration status. The judge issued a permanent order two years later.
But defense attorney Dennis Wilenchik blamed Arpaio's former attorney for not properly explaining the order issued by a federal judge -- and on the wording of the "ambiguous" order. Wilenchik contended that the prosecution of Arpaio, who served as sheriff of Phoenix's Maricopa County for more than two decades, is politically motivated.
Prosecutors say the former lawman, who once called himself "America's toughest sheriff," continued to make immigration arrests after he was ordered to stop -- and those actions violated the court order stemming from a separate racial profiling case.
US District Judge G. Murray Snow first issued a temporary injunction in 2011, barring Arpaio from detaining people solely based on their immigration status. The judge issued a permanent order two years later.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/07/us/joe-arpaio-trial-closing-arguments/index.html
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Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio's fate in criminal contempt trial rests with judge (Original Post)
spanone
Jul 2017
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Gothmog
(147,232 posts)1. Please make this idiot serve time in one of the tent jails he created
spanone
(136,207 posts)3. i agree....lock this racist asshole up
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,265 posts)2. I hope this sadist gets at least some sort of actual jail time.
I mean, if he's all "law and order", "don't do the crime if you can't do the crime", why should anyone go easy on this gasbag?
Coventina
(27,292 posts)4. I find it hilarious that he's blaming his attorney for not explaining the "seriousness" of the
court order.
Yep, here's hoping that guy ends up in pink underwear.....