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Reasonable Doubt

Federal judge questions DOC chief's credibility

By Patti Epler and Bruce Rushton
Feb 19, 2004

A federal judge in Missouri is refusing to admit sworn testimony from Arizona Department of Corrections Director Dora Schriro in a lawsuit brought by an inmate, saying that Schriro and other jail officials can't be trusted to tell the truth because they had previously given misleading evidence under oath. In...
Train Wreck

The one-eyed engineer strikes again

By Patti Epler
Nov 27, 2003

Union Pacific railroad engineer Michael Coleman has bad luck and worse timing. Last month, a Phoenix jury slammed the railroad with a multimillion-dollar verdict for a fatal accident in which Coleman, who has only one eye, failed to see a 30-ton asphalt roller on the crossing ahead of him. The...
Spiked

What Would Jesus Do?

By Patti Epler
Nov 6, 2003

The Spike got an early Halloween treat on Friday morning when it picked up the Arizona Republic and discovered that New Times and columnist Robert Nelson had been sued in federal court by an attorney for the Diocese of Phoenix. Normally, you'd think the people being sued would have been...
Spiked

The Spike thinks Sammy Compton should give his public defenderanother try

By Patti Epler
Oct 16, 2003

Sammy Writes Bull The Spike loves mail from jail. In fact, The Spike may now have a complete set of those Sheriff Joe Arpaio postcards he makes available so prisoners can help promote his re-election effort -- Joe playing around in the middle of a pile of puppies, Joe standing...
Throttled

The jury wasn't happy that Union Pacific callously ignored safety rules

By Patti Epler
Oct 16, 2003

Michael Coleman lost his right eye when he was a baby. As an adult, he was turned down for a job as a Navy nuclear propulsion specialist because of his monocular vision. He couldn't join the Air Force. And, even though he holds a commercial driver's license, the state of...

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