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Sheriff's Attorneys Want to Gag Phoenix New Times

By AAN Staff
march 10, 2003  10:03 am
Sheriff's Attorneys Want to Gag Phoenix New Times
Attorneys for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio have filed a motion in U.S. District Court to prohibit anyone involved in a pending civil case against the sheriff's office from speaking to the media. The motion stems from critical articles by Phoenix New Times writer Robert Nelson, who called for an investigation after inmates savagely attacked a young drifter arrested in connection with the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl. The victim of the beating was exonerated of any involvement with the crime. The motion mentions Nelson more than a dozen times. "Reading the motion made me feel like Norah Jones at the Grammys," Nelson writes.
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