Penny Stinson undercut Proposition 100 after it passed (Maricopa County, Arizona)
Posted Mon, Apr 2, 2007 at 9:11 am
From this:
A Maricopa County court official took action to circumvent Proposition 100 less than two weeks after Arizona voters passed the constitutional amendment that denies bail for illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes.She tagged the email "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY" and even sent a second email reiterating her demands. Rep. Russell Pearce and Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas are looking into the matter.
A memo dated Nov. 17 - shortly before Proposition 100 took effect - instructed Maricopa County Superior Court workers to stop asking about immigration status in inmates’ pretrial interviews.
"Due to recent changes in the legislation and the liberty interest implications, we will no longer be asking defendants any questions regarding their citizenship," wrote pretrial services director Penny Stinson in an e-mail obtained by the Tribune.
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Tom Humes (not verified)
Tue, 04/03/2007 - 02:41
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HS 10592 tomhumes3050@yahoo.com 2007-04-03T04:41:01-05:00
Ms Stinson has learned very well from the activist judges. She just does what she wants and let the people be damned. Anybody for feeding her a piece of cake?
Delaney Starks (not verified)
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 07:30
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HS 10593 2008-08-19T09:30:21-05:00
Penny Stinson obviously knew her boundaries, or she wouldn't have sent the memo. It is evident that she felt it was not the duty of pretrial services to condemn illegal immigrants to be deported. I support her decision.