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ACLU Comment on Arpaio Criminal Contempt Conviction

PHOENIX — A federal court has found former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio guilty of criminal contempt for willfully violating a 2011 federal court order that required his agency to stop detaining people based solely on suspected civil immigration violations.

July 31, 2017