Posted on 07/31/2017 2:22:34 PM PDT by davikkm
“America’s Sheriff” Joe Arpaio was found guilty Monday of misdemeanor criminal contempt without the benefit of a jury of his peers. The guilty ruling, by Bill Clinton-appointed U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton, is the latest chapter of a nearly decade-long saga of legal proceedings against Sheriff Joe initiated by leftist groups opposed to his aggressive policing of illegal aliens. The 85-year-old Arpaio now faces up to six months in jail.
The charges against Arpaio stem from a civil rights suit demanding he cease “racial profiling” in his Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s immigration enforcement operations. After a federal judge issued an order demanding certain practices, Arpaio was charged with contempt for continuing to try to enforce the law as he saw fit.
Because Arpaio was charged only with a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of six-months in jail, the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee him a right to trial by a jury of his peers. Arpaio and his attorneys repeatedly petitioned for a jury, only to be denied by Judge Bolton in March and again in May. Sources familiar with the proceedings have told Breitbart News the decision to charge only the misdemeanor was likely a ploy by federal prosecutors to avoid a jury trial in the community where Arpaio served as sheriff for more than 20 years
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Sounds like a Federal matter ( US District Judge ).
Presidential pardon, anyone ?
Don’t know the all the legalities but had Sheriff Joe followed the rules set out in his first
conviction in 2011 this wouldn’t be an issue six years later.
“Arpaio was charged with contempt for continuing to try to enforce the law as he saw fit. “
when will the trials for all the left wing activist judges who enforce the law as they see fit commence?
Replace Mucc with Arpaio. The job is open.
Judge Snow whose wife said the judge “wanted to do everything to make sure Arpaio was not elected”
did he choose non jury?
Is Arizona the most corrupt state in the Republic?
A crazed, war mongering, Marxist as a Senator and politically motivated persecutions of patriots like Sherrif Joe.
What has happened to the land of Goldwater ?
Is that a misprint on Joe’s age? He can’t be 85! He still looks very fit.
“Is Arizona the most corrupt state in the Republic?”
Nope. Maryland is. Tied for third and fourth are California and Louisiana. Arizona is fifth.
/deal with various states’ legal systems all the time, just my opinion
Oops, left out second: New York.
he wanted jury but was denied
The age is correct.
The Judge made it a misdemeanor trail to avoid a jury and then rushed the trail prior to appeals. The Ass Judge was out to damage a good public servant.
Trump should Pardon with reference to judicial corruption.
Nope.
I hope Sheriff Joe get some justice soon. He’s been screwed, blued, and tattooed by the government.
The rules set forth the first time were “don’t enforce any laws or rules”. Since Sheriff Joe did not want to break the law himself, he did his job and was charged again. This is all about illegal immigration and the Liberal Agenda to let it continue. Pardon Him POTUS
“Arpaio and his attorneys repeatedly petitioned for a jury, only to be denied...”
Violation of his rights.
Surprisingly in my experience they aren’t. I know, kind of wierd.
Not a huge fan or Christie, frankly not a fan at all, but he has done a lot of cleaning up there.
He is. Born in 1932. Pretty sure not a lot can scare him.
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