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'Pure Intimidation': Arpaio Deputies Question Judges' Assistants In Their Homes
Zachary Roth | December 16, 2009, 1:45PM
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has stepped up his brazen campaign to target the local judiciary.
Deputies of the Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff went to the homes of assistants to several Superior Court judges, to try to interview them about what Sheriff Joe has asserted -- with little evidence -- is corruption on the part of their bosses, reports the Phoenix New Times.
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Joe Arpaio
In Boldest Move Yet, Arpaio And Ally Charge Judge With Bribery, Despite Lack Of Evidence
Zachary Roth | December 11, 2009, 1:27PM
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
For a while now, there's been plenty of evidence of Sheriff Joe Arpaio abusing his law enforcement powers to target political enemies. Indeed, Justice Department investigators are said to have been looking into the issue for the last year.
But Arpaio may now have taken things into a whole new realm. This week, the top cop for Maricopa County, Arizona, who has used media-friendly stunts to gain a national reputation as a law-and-order zealot and bete noir of illegal immigrants, announced the filing of a criminal complaint against his latest target: a judge who's involved in several of the controversial cases Sheriff Joe has helped bring.
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