Thursday, October 18, 2007

Prosecutorial Abuse

Posted By on Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 9:48 AM

The Phoenix New Times has been far more critical of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio than any other media--and now we see the ugly results. Arpaio and Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, with the help of a special prosecutor, have targeted the newspaper with an extraordinarily invasive investigation on truly chickenshit grounds. This is not the pursuit of justice; it's the pursuit of vengeance through the power of the government. To think that Andrew Thomas wanted to be attorney general...