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Pariah Joe - Phoenix New Times article on Sheriff Arpaio's improprieties

Pariah Joe

Dan Saban turns over materials to the FBI showing alleged improprieties by Arpaio and the MCSO.

By John Dougherty

Published: October 21, 2004

Let's face it, Joe Arpaio's going to win re-election November 2 to his fourth term as Maricopa County sheriff. He has no serious opposition.

But ...

Special Treatment - Phoenix New Times article about special treatment of celebrity prisoners by Sheriff Apraio

Special Treatment

Is justice for sale? Ask privileged characters like Jerry Colangelo.

John Dougherty

Published: August 19, 2004

We all know how Joe Arpaio serves up justice to average schmucks. He proudly shows no mercy. He subjects them to the vilest of conditions. Death and injuries often result.

But it's ...

Sheriff Joe's Real Estate Game - Phoenix New Times article about Sheriff Arpaio's questionable real estate holdings

Sheriff Joe's Real Estate Game

Arpaio's invested $690,000 in cash in two commercial properties since 1995. Some other investment records are sealed.

By John Dougherty

Published: July 1, 2004

How's this for a get-rich scheme?

You start scowling like John Wayne and jam the jails full. You put the cons ...

Histrionics Lesson - Phoenix New Times article on Public Records suit against Sheriff Arpaio

Histrionics Lesson

Again, a judge bends over and allows Sheriff Joe Arpaio to sneer at Arizona's public records law

By John Dougherty

Published: August 11, 2005

Superior Court Judge Michael D. Jones should be proud of himself. He has made it virtually impossible for the public to find out what ...

Recall Joe! - Phoenix New Times article on Sheriff Arpaio's relection campaign, past misdeeds

Recall Joe!

That's what a group led by the well-connected family of one of Arpaio's own injured deputies is working to see happen

By John Dougherty

Published: February 10, 2005

Yeah, he won still another term in the November general election, but there's reason for hope that Maricopa County Sheriff ...

Outlaw Joe - Phoenix New Times article on political schemes involving Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Outlaw Joe

One of Arpaio's own deputies testifies about how the MCSO smeared Dan Saban.

By John Dougherty

Published: July 22, 2004

From here on out, 72-year-old Joe Arpaio isn't the Maricopa County sheriff in my book.

He's an outlaw waiting to be hog-tied and strapped into one of his ...

The Cost of Cruelty - $9 million verdict for prisoner's death at Sheriff Arpaio's Maricopa Co. jail

The Cost of Cruelty

A federal jury returned a $9 million verdict against Maricopa County in still another jailhouse death

By John Dougherty

Published: March 30, 2006

A federal jury awarded $9 million to the family and estate of a 33-year-old man who died after Maricopa County detention officers improperly ...