Closing arguments filed in trial against fired MCAO prosecutor

[@beuski6531]

The council approved paying up to 350 thousand for her defense! That's your tax dollars at work Arizonians! As you can see our judicial system is broken. Just Sayin'.

[@ianbattles7290]

Why is she not being prosecuted for using her position to frame innocent people??? Isn't it Malicious Prosecution to pursue charges against someone when you have absolutely no evidence to support the charges???

[@p12423073]

I refer you to the People Vs Drumpf

[@jmo1375]

@@p12423073 Take such irrelevant idiocy elsewhere and go see a doctor for your TDS

[@kennethmeeker6369]

Immunity

[@dakotatheplumber1287]

​@@p12423073your TDS I pure projection. Cope ❄.

[@ianbattles7290]

@@kennethmeeker6369 Does immunity REALLY protect you from knowingly framing innocent people???

[@carolbamforth7475]

Not only does she need to lose her ability to be a lawyer, she needs to be held accountable criminally responsible

[@XxXShevampXxX]

I don't understand why she's just losing her license and not being charged criminally.

[@bikkiikun]

She should face Criminal charges: Perjury, Jury Tampering, Tampering with Evidence, Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice, Deprivation of Rights under the Color of Law (4th, 8th and 14th Amendment Violations), Conspiracy against Rights, Violation of Oath of Office and counting... Her crimes easily add up to a Life Sentence or two.

[@TheloniousCube]

And the cops, too

[@TBagr]

Anything less than license revocation is unacceptable

[@carolynbrannon3707]

Put her in prison. Also a investigation into all cases. Put cameras back into the court rooms.

[@charliepiland3285]

How about she now face some criminal charges for her egregious actions?!?

[@p12423073]

They don't punish drumpf, why would they punish her.

[@howlinwulf]

​@@p12423073do you know how utterly stupid you sound. That has been 4 years and your still melting. What are you gonna do in a few months when he is again elected. You'll go completely crazy. It's gonna be what it's gonna be if you survive B1den you'll be ok.

[@jmo1375]

@@p12423073 Orange Drumpf has nothing with this

[@KathyPriestley-dn7eq]

For every single innocent person this corrupt individual needs to be in jail for at least 1 year each she is disgusting

[@mountains1233]

They should reopen the books on all her previous cases and scrutinize them for accuracy

[@robertbascelli6433]

We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing. What else is new.

[@frankfacts6207]

Her supervisors need to lose something too

[@jeremywhiteley3021]

They need to be sued.

[@jmo1375]

@jeremywhiteley3021 No, they need to be prosecuted

[@PortlandFleetService]

She needs to go to jail.

[@FrankEDogg]

I don't understand why this woman is so determined to end her career over this. Getting others to ok your errors and corruption doesn't justify it. All that does is show the others are corrupt as well. They should all be on trial.

[@bikkiikun]

I think you misunderstand her mindset... she never thought, she would face consequences. Despite the fact that a Prosecutor's duty is to find the truth, the vast majority of them only wants convictions, regardless of whether the person is guilty or innocent... unless of course the suspects are cops, right wing politicians or from a "good family", then they do everything to let them off the hook. Her mindset was such that she can ruin peoples' lives and get a bonus for it.

[@RonSafreed]

That is narcissism & socio-psychopathy work in her life!!! Such folk see themselves as "always right & everyone else is wrong" & you cannot deal with or council such folk according to mental health!1

[@RonSafreed]

@@bikkiikun She is definitely a narcissist or even worse, a socio-psychopath& such folk cannot be helped with mental health counseling!!

[@SusanSoCal1]

It is Maricopa County. I highly doubt the right thing will be done.

[@jamesellis2784]

State attorney general is from .PRESCOTT. One thing about maricopa county something’s get sniffed out .

[@parkrthington1902]

Disbarred and Decertification for those envolved. Their sole interests were to profit from their lies

[@jam258420]

Should be revoked for life

[@davidbellamy1403]

As part of anybody in a position of responsibilities job goes, she is responsible to check and double check the facts she is given before taking action as severe as prosecuting people for being gang members, when in fact, no such organizations existed.

[@zt5547]

That's it? Best case scenario - she loses her license for 2 years???

[@mando686]

In her defence, she is either incompetent or corrupt. I’m gonna say both. She was the one who was supposed too represent the truth, and she failed miserably.

[@StartabusinesswithJustin]

Shes definitely not incompetent. She's managed fine until the law started to work against her. Her ego is the only thing that keeping this trial alive. Soon she'll realize she is in fact not above the same law she loves to impose.

[@danielboone8435]

​@@StartabusinesswithJustin I mean, she was so incompetent that she didn't realize how corrupt she actually was. They're not mutually exclusive, they're just a bad combination. The competent ones falsify charges against innocent people every single day without getting public scrutiny. She was trying to do too much.

[@mikeblair2594]

Umm,.that's not a defense.

[@robertmalloy9747]

Guilty as charged. She was a big part of the police consprency to falsely charge these people and lock them up. Somebody finely smelled the stink coming from this case and investigated it.

[@jackjdolan]

Any idea how much the people that were illegally arrested will get in the lawsuits ? That on top of the $350,000 paid by the taxpayers to defend her.

[@MicahThomason]

Whoever approved $350,000 of taxpayer money for her defense fund should also be on trial.

[@bikkiikun]

NEVER forget, that she wanted to prosecute people for Crimes they did not commit, for which she had no evidence and which could have resulted in decades of prison. Also, SHE lied to the Grand Jury. SHE withheld evidence from the Grand Jury. Mind you, a Prosecutor's duty is NOT to get a conviction... yeah, most prosecutors like to ignore that fact... but to follow the evidence, wherever it leads, even IF it means that there are no charges. It is her duty to not only look at the evidence in favour of charges, but also at exculpatory evidence. It is her duty to check, how solid the evidence is, how solid witness statements are. And while she certainly is a scape-goat, she was an active part in the crimes against Citizens. She should be glad to only lose her license and job. If there were an actual "Tough on Crime" Attorney around, she'd face a Life Sentence or two for Perjury, Jury Tampering, Tampering with Evidence, Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice, Deprivation of Rights under the Color of Law (4th, 8th and 14th Amendment Violations), Conspiracy against Rights, Violation of Oath of Office and counting...

[@azaguero8170]

Thx Dave for keeping up the pressure and not letting this story go!

[@jamesdrake2378]

she deserves punishment but she was also tossed under the bus, many others should be sitting along side her.

[@nickfra]

Right but that’s not a defense anywhere and she should know that as a DA. Her assertion that there are other criminals just means that they should also be punished.

[@niko918]

This person is a menace to society….she needs to be behind bars for ruining so many lives.

[@Dpsnadress]

Suspend.. she should be in jail.. stupid system protects a kidnapper..

[@All3n1973]

And you think she's the only prosecutor that does this ?? This is how every prosecutor is...

[@JohnDoe-oj5it]

Maricopa county say no more..

[@TedBarrett]

Lock her up

[@user-neo71665]

Law license should be suspended for life. She might have been the scape goat but she still went along with the dirty cops and agreed to do what they requested. The taxpayers of the county need to sue her and make her sorry ass pay that 350k she wasted back.

[@gstate4ever]

Everyone of the cases she prosecuted need to be reviewed.

[@SmittyAZ]

We taxpayers deserve to be on the hook for this BS. We elect and reelect these people and we elect the people that hire these people!

[@patricktrimble7954]

Her defense is she was just going with what she was told, That's the problem she didn't fact check a single thing. Never believe what you are told. Double-check.

[@lizd2943]

Her license should not be suspended, it should be revoked. And they need to clean house in the DA's office and the police. But they won't.

[@doelljonathan6809]

who would be surprised to learn that events such as these are coordinated by law enforcement/prosecutors throughout this country 7 days a week?

[@PlayingWithFireOutdoors]

She and the Sgt need to lose their freedom

[@InsomniacMechanic]

SHE NEEDS TO BE BANNED FOR LIFE 2 YEARS IS A JOKE CONSIDERING WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO DO TO INOCENT PEOPLE SHE SHOULD BE DOING JAIL TIME

[@dahui2085]

It almost sounds like she would still be trying to prosecute these people if she could. We paid for her defense. Unbelievable

[@mitchfitz4259]

Then, fire everybody!

[@ronwade2206]

She was NOT Alone! Lock them ALL UP!

[@the_grassy_noel]

This gives me Immense Hope, here on the verge of year 4, post twenty twenty. Thank you🤗🙌🏻

[@bomorris5050]

The fact that she accepted NO culpability in the problem tells me she should lose her law license permanently. She had to stop herself from lying when asked about the sharpened finger nails...saying "I had pictures of finger nails." They should have said... that's not what I asked. What I asked was did you have pictures of SHARPENED finger nails?

[@xekimaneru5994]

She knew exactly what she was doing she wasn't "scapegoated "

[@niko918]

Just think of all the people she unjustly treated in the past and ruined their lives.. all her cases need to be thrown out!!!

[@doodmonkey]

Let me know when someone goes to jail.

[@jamesellis2784]

What about Musgrove .Druit. Kack and Flack . County not state . Probate .

[@mitchfitz4259]

Erase the CLINT's license, and the phoenix Gestapo!

[@-108-]

"A presecutor is not god. A prosecutor is not all knowing, all seeing..." ...but a prosecutor IS all immune, AND HAS ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY.

[@RonSafreed]

A narcissist or worse, a socio-psychopath!!

[@thedagwood1972]

Every citizen of Arizona needs to be watching this reporting from ABC 15 and Dave Biscobing. Fantastic journalism exposing the corruption among law enforcement (and as is evident from this video, public prosecutors as well). The lack of justice in the so-called "justice system" in the US is a huge problem.

[@howlinwulf]

Our entire justice system works crooked like this every day all day. We are screwed.

[@ramirodelagarma6884]

2:28

[@SanchoSanto]

Deflects responsibility... this is one real evil woman.

[@genomic_]

I don't understand why they're only recommending a 2-year suspension for a repeat offender like her who's doubling down with stupid reasoning.

[@andrewewels3054]

It should be a neutral layman jury to make these decisions, not a bias judge !

[@fashiondiva6972]

You definitely don’t grasp this forum🤦🏾‍♀️ This isn’t court at all. This is an administrative hearing before the state bar, not a judge or a jury

[@mikeblair2594]

@@fashiondiva6972 Couldn't a said it better myself. Clear and concise

[@singinginthedark2786]

how is she a scapegoat? she was the DA, what charges are brought is solely her discretion, she chose to make the charges, no one else has that power other than the DA and she was the DA. she should face criminal charges for perversion of justice and filing false charges, and she needs to face jail time, not a slap on the wrist

[@singinginthedark2786]

also she made the charges of gang involvement, that is not in the arrest reports by police at all, she made those charges not police

[@Bobby-e3b]

I'm surprised she's not 6 foot under yet or soon will be

[@Chronic_Pothead]

just another instance of why our entire system needs to be redone and cops and all other officials should be made more accountable for their actions...

[@bswogger4656]

They destroy much more then they help!

[@kevinpope8649]

😮😮😮😮😮 that evil lady needs to be jail for life😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@Etiennejin]

Wait. So the county paid for her lawyer to represent her from getting disbarred? WTF?

[@superkingoftacos2920]

They paid for an outside lawyer? She is a lawyer. Why didn't she defend herself? Is it because she's incompetent? Is she not fit to act as a lawyer?

[@thewrongstuff1]

All she got was a two year suspension. She should have been permanently disbarred and prosecuted for attempting to ruin those peaceful protesters lives. She should never work in public service again. Disgraceful.

[@SirNic4180]

The fact that law enforcement in Phoenix doesn't know how to identify with a gang is is probably more telling😅

[@joerhodes213]

It's the fact that even now, with all the evidence that states otherwise...she still says she did nothing wrong.

[@landon1626]

Well she still hasn't admitted to Any wrongdoing so she deserves the maximum. This is dispicable. Everyone else involved needs to be fired and prosecuted as well. They s should ALL be charged as a GANG as well.... this is a huge organized conspiracy. I'm telling you this only scratches the surface of how deep police corruption goes.

[@MicahThomason]

All prosecutors do this to some extent. Literally ALL prosecutors lie about facts and omit evidence. All prosecutors do this.

[@fashiondiva6972]

No, they don’t. I find that deeply offensive. Everyone doesn’t lie to do their job and it’s both incredibly presumptuous and insulting to make such an ignorant, sweeping allegation. As a Jag officer I did not fabricate charges, facts or any aspect of any court-martial. As an AUSA I continued that practice, as did my colleagues. And if I see it now as a judge I’m the first to question it and raise the issue of a directed verdict. So no, all prosecutors do NOT do this.

[@MicahThomason]

​@@fashiondiva6972 I can't speak to military prosecutors. All I know about that is what I learned from watching A Few Good Men. For civilian prosecutors, I stand by my statement. Of course, it doesn't happen in every case. And, as I qualified in my statement, it happens in different degrees. Being a prosecutor is a political position, and all politicians lie. (Surely, you and I can agree on this?) If a prosecutor (or politician, or government employee, or, especially, cop) doesn't fall in line with the status quo, they will be quickly weeded out of their profession. For prosecutors, this means, AT MINIMUM, asking a judge to disallow truthful, exculpatory evidence. Albeit legal, this is still lying. Then, of course, there are many cases of outright prosecutorial misconduct. You sound like a decent person with an honest nature. But, in your comment, you suggest you have seen some of what I'm talking about. "...if I see it now as a judge I’m the first to question it". Question it? How about prosecuting it! Have you? Will you?

[@dakotatheplumber1287]

Oh look! More cops acting like criminals! Never seen that before...derp

[@ProfMannion]

She belongs in prison. She tried to imprison innocent people for their first amendment right to redress, and has zero remorse.

[@ralfie8801]

Political leadership? There should be no political influence in the lawful duties of a prosecutor. That should be enough to fire her on its own.

[@thomaslaurie3975]

She look like an evil person, she shouldn't be a prosecutor, she have to be barred from the systems. No excuses for shortage of staff to put someone life into hell for lying.

[@wandamcgiboney5141]

Jail her suspend her license get this corruption out our courts

[@DJA-BOMB]

hmm. More to this than meets the eyes. Go get em boys!

[@DonUpton-u2p]

The whole system needs to be overhauled

[@todddanforth8853]

Evidently prosecutors must lack common sense and lack the ability to see through frame-ups in Maricopa County. Unbelievable.

[@paulwilliams73]

she no "escape-goat" "SHE" can just very easily drop her own BS, disregard police BS

[@travislupum]

Honest and diligent 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RCNDN]

"Governmental Immunity".

[@christopherskipp1525]

Great reporting. With AZ's endless supply of corrupt pols and employees, Dave will always have a job in journalism.

[@jamesquinn8558]

So if I’m in Arizona do I have to color coordinate my wardrobe specifically avoid black and umbrellas? If I wear a hat instead of an umbrellas can the hat be black?

[@TheTravAbides]

First: Sponsel can now find work as the actor who portrays Frankenstein’s Monster, because she is a spitting image. Two: the defense that “we all got together and agreed”, as far as other agencies and her bosses goes, means none of them should be trusted, they’re all corrupt and evil and they should’ve been charged with RICO.

[@johnwilson6707]

so if she is a scape goat it proves that they are all corrupt i am shocked

[@tessiebernstein1648]

ABC15 ARIZONA 🥰 am from California and I enjoy watching your News Reports and Biscobing investigation s🕵️🤠

[@TheTravAbides]

They’re all C U Next Thursdays

[@mikeblair2594]

Indeed!😉

[@martinpower2439]

The evidence was getting better every day (why not when you can make it all up)

[@GrimReaper-cp5iq]

Tell you what, see how "cavalier" Sponsel is after a public flogging and 10 years in prison. Let her fellow inmates "rehabilitate" her!

[@jimholloway9850]

Disbar for life!

[@owenllewellyn5692]

Why isn't she on a charge for conspiracy?