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Arizona activists work to hold the criminal justice system accountable through court watching
Reagan Priest Cronkite News Service//November 10, 2023//[read_meter]
The disciplinary hearings for April Sponsel will determine if the former Maricopa County Attorney’s Office prosecutor’s law license will be suspended. Sponsel charged Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020 as gang members. For the six hearings in Sponsel’s disciplinary trial, court watchers with Mass Liberation Arizona attended with notepads and pens, observing and taking notes. Mass Lib is dedicated to the end of mass incarceration and the liberation of marginalized communities. (Photo by Kevinjonah Paguio/Cronkite News)
Arizona activists work to hold the criminal justice system accountable through court watching
Reagan Priest Cronkite News Service//November 10, 2023//[read_meter]
In a small hearing room in the State Courts Building, a few individuals in black shirts sat in the three rows of chairs in the back. For the six hearings...
