Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Federal government to pursue criminal contempt charge against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is in some serious hot water.
Megan Cassidy of the Arizona Republic reports that U.S. Department of Justice attorneys have opted to pursue a criminal contempt charge against Sheriff Arpaio for violating a federal court’s orders in a racial-profiling case. Prosecutors endorsed a federal judge's findings that the lawman intentionally violated the judge's orders. Arpaio has not yet been charged. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton asked the federal government to write an order to show cause, by tomorrow. That will serve as a charging document for the case to go forward. The announcement came today at the case’s first criminal hearing in federal court in Phoenix.
KJ
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2016/10/federal-government-to-pursue-criminal-contempt-charge-against-maricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaio.html
