Well, that was fast. The prosecutor folds like a cheap suit in New Times dispute.
After arresting publishers Mike Lacey and Jim Larkin late last night, the county prosecutor has apparently decided that his special counsel’s vendetta against them has gone too far. Even in Phoenix, you can’t just lock up the press. Not for more [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Joe Arpaio’
October 19, 2007
Pen Is Mightier Dept.
October 19, 2007
Real Journalism
My former bosses, Mike Lacey and Jim Larkin, have been arrested for publishing grand jury secrets in this story in the Phoenix New Times.
This is what they wrote:
In a breathtaking abuse of the United States Constitution, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and their increasingly unhinged cat’s paw, special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik, [...]


