State bar discipline for top prosecutor
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- Опубликовано: 11 дек 2022
- Erin Otis, who was previously a Maricopa County Superior Court judge, received an admonishment from the State Bar on October 20, 2022 for her misconduct on the bench. Additionally, internal emails and text messages show that County Attorney Rachel Mitchell was directly involved in recruiting Otis back to MCAO while she was still presiding over a death penalty case. Mitchell defends her actions after our ABC15 report.
More on the discipline: www.abc15.com/news/local-news...
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These people are rotten to the core.
Absolutely. 💯
Corruption at its finest.🇺🇲
He’s got her on the ropes. Phoenix is lucky to have a reporter that breaks actual stories that have a measurable impact on the community. Great reporting and follow through!!
I bet the gullible people of Arizona elect them back into office
Can't believe this woman got re elected... This woman should of lost her law license
Isn't she the woman who wasn't going in to her office, and was drinking? Or did she use drinking as her excuse, so she couldn't be fired, because it's a "disease"??
If it's her, she was super thin and attractive, then she blew up! Guess that's a disease too, "hoof n mouth disease"! Lol
That is why so many people believe there is voter fraud. Nobody can prove it but when an obvious, proven degenerate gets reelected and nobody claims to have voted for them it raises some questions.
She should have never gotten as far as she has gotten already. She is corrupt and Dave revealed it very well.
There are remedies like recall impeach etc
A glaring example of the corrupt "non-existent" line between persecutors and the bench. Not just in Arizona, but all over.
I actually ran across a court transcript once where the Judge ruled "I can't allow that evidence, it won't help the PROSECUTOR'S case."
@@TimeSurfer206 is it sad I'm not remotely surprised by that?
@@Sub-Zero-392 Yes, and it's actually sad that I'm not surprised by your lack of surprise.
Get em ABC15 !!! Don't let up.
Don't stop, Dave! Just because she's watched all of the Effective Communication RUclips videos about how to shut someone down, that doesn't make her innocent, just a person who can occasionally communicate effectively.
I wonder how many lives they've harmed innocent people 😔
Every day.
They over charged and made up charges on ppl. So I'm sure innocent ppl plead guilty so they wouldn't get hammered
People being abused by their elected officials need to fight back like Dave
Many
@@Steve_Hayden I did. Was told if it went to trial and I was found guilty, I would not receive my legally Rx pain and psychological medication, and I’d go to jail for a minimum of six months. For signing a paper that my now ex husband coerced me to sign under the threat of violence. I pled guilty and got six months probation.
My ‘provided’ lawyer kept putting the trial off bc he hadn’t read the discovery yet. He had not gotten to the signed affidavit that proved that the witness to my signature was not actually witnessed by them. He claimed it had ‘dragged on long enough’ and I was too frightened to argue. I wish I knew back then that I had the legal right to address the court.
This is great to see. Judges and Lawyers are walking all over citizens because the Bar Association has been on vacation for the last five years. You can search on RUclips for judges making calls that they are not to make or stating opinions that prove they are not impartial and they have never even received a complaint let alone disciplined. Dave deserves an award. I hope the voters appreciate the work he does.
5 years? It's a slimy red re-pube-lican state! Corrupt for decades!!
No offense intended but only 5 years? Seems like a lot longer than that. I agree it's a step in the right direction but more needs to be done. They need to be truly punished. Jail time at the very least. These people have been given a lot of power and need to be held at a much higher standard. We as a society have turned a blind eye to this for far too long. Most people don't believe it because it's not happening to them and most of the media won't report on it because it doesn't fit their narrative/agenda.
This is exactly the kind of hard-hitting, investigative journalism we should expect regarding all of our public officials. This is regardless of party or political affiliation. I hate to use the cliche "They work for us." But if we the people do not hold them accountable, who will?
No it's not sufficient for your public. For the people of this state and county. I love you Dave. Seriously keep working for the people. You are a super star in my eyes. We need the truth and I am sorry with out reporters like Dave we will never get anywhere that is not corruption.
Best wishes to all. Make your day amazing and never stop moving forward.
Why would she need any thing MORE? Great Job Dave!
Discipline? Screw that.... Resignation or Termination are your options. Pick one
Lock her up.
She needs to be held accountable. Why so flustered?
Just fire them all and start over!
That’s the same county attorney who withheld a video proving innocence in the death of a police officer. They almost made this single mom a felon and she was going to have to serve jail time for an accident where an officer ran out in front of her vehicles without checking the road. They had proof he didn’t check and withheld it purposefully during her trial. This county attorney was in charge of those prosecutors as well. Why is she still around? Clearly incompetent
If it was JUST the Rodriguez case, I'd say disbar her. But this too? Wow. Disbarred and banned for life, and jail time.
Act like the attorneys are lone wolves. Who do they work for? 🙄🤷♂️
These attorneys work for election losers.
Good question.
He is the main reason I watch ABC 15. Please keep their feet to the fire and WATCH YOUR SIX!
dont stop til you find proof
He'll be dead before proof is found.
This corrupt DA doesn’t want to face direct questioning AND follow up questions.
She only wants one way communication, not back and forth.
Her ego will not allow an argument.
She probably went to her office with Blondy, from the back row, and toasted to her performance. Wait...isn't she the one who had to take leave for drinking too much? What does that ex judge have on her? I didn't see a text mentioning any pay amounts, only two jobs, she could pick from! She shouldn't lie, when the info is in a text, for Dave to see!
@@lisagrafton2529 No, she shouldn't lie, but her arrogance has taken over. The fact that it's all on record and in text apparently doesn't seem to stop Ms. Mitchell from lying.
Lock her up
Thank you Dave
This judge needs to be charged and the county attn.fired.
DAVE WITH THE HARD PRESS. This is the reporting we need. Bosses if you are reading this. Tell him good job and offer a nice raise if he continues the energy.
US Atty General needs to get involved.
Always impressed with Dave and his colleagues in their work and the due diligence they take to hold people into account 👏🏾
Expose the truth 👍
Get em, Dave.
We badly need these TV Stations to hold government officials accountable. Please keep the pressure on, otherwise they will continue to do anything they want and flout the law. Thank you for your work, Dave!!! 👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you Dave for bringing comprehensive stories~ I've been following the dishonorable reporting so thanks for the update. I also question her aptitudes and honesty regarding this new role. You can't just scrub prejudice and bad behaviour overnight. There have been too Nanyang misdeeds
She needs discipline and so does the judge being interviewed.
Nobody’s prefect. When the community has concern for personal safety with employees working in Maricopa county & governor elect discriminates it hard to believe in our justice department. Sad Adele died with these enabling each other while budget funds pay victims from negligence or violent inuries. Be nice if integrity actually existed amongst these folks it might become the norm again.
Good to see there are still real journalists who hold people in office accountable! Kudos to you ABC15
Damn, thank you for asking the tough questions! To many times you have to play nice to "get along" with people to get them to just look your way.
Great investigative journalism! Keep up the good work!
No reasonable juror should believe anything the prosecutor claims!
The kind of journalism we need.
This is why local news is so valuable!
Dave, this is excellent journalism👏!
(New subscriber from Denmark)
This stinks too high heaven! Lies, lies, lies. Biscobing you are rock star level brother 💪🙏🇲🇾
I hope protestors don’t start picketing her as a prosecutor outside the courthouse during every jury selection. It could become difficult to sit a jury on any of her cases with jurors questioning her credibility as a prosecutor.
They all are dirty. They got this woman back in the judges seat after her horrendous actions. Do you really think she can be partial. And I have a problem with just one person being in charge of someone’s life crazy.
Public officials must be held accountable for their actions !!! Transparency is a requirement where Justice is concerned if there is no transparency there is no Justice !!!
Great job
Would it be crooked to examine the crooked judge's and the crooked prosecutors' phones to see if the route they took to the wedding was also crooked?
Sorry for using the word "crooked" so much, just trying to be accurate.
Bahaha!
It's ok. You were trying to get things "straight"! 😂😅🤣
Good job.
Time to abolish qualified immunity!
Sounds like she's going for "The 2022 The Dog Ate My Homework Award."
There seems to be a lot of snakes in the grass over there. The kind that bite
Great job Dave she could barely breathe and the cringeworthy look on her face when the tough questions were asked she wanted to run out of the room
True, "no one is perfect," but when a person has demonstrated a willfulness toward imperfection, she most def should not hold a position that may effect the life or death of another.
Hilarious. "I don't FEEL anything was wrong in that". 🤣🤣
Laws and ethics rules don't care about what you "think" or "feel" is appropriate in direct opposition to the rules or law.
And she's an attorney? 🤦
Texas needs a journalist like David
Real journalism.
This is extremely rare.
Time and again over the past 5 years I am aware of, we've witnessed some of the worst misconduct and lack of transparency with little accountability from Phoenix LE and Maricopa County judicial system. This is a good report showing how much deeper this runs. That county attorney looks weak and apparently has much to hide. I am just sorry you didn't have all the information about this lead attorney sitting behind you during your interview. If you did, it would be interesting to call on her to come to the mic and account for this discrepancy in conflict of interest.
Thank you for your reporting.
Messi looks good without a beard also didn’t know he spoke English too!
This is one of the best journalists. The Arizona court system is totally crooked.
Only if they asked Hobbs real questions like this! I GUESS THEY WANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY NOW🤣
Thanks for the maga tears
@@diegomontecristo202 O didn't vote, fox told who won 2 weeks before the election. Kari is not Trump! TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP!
@@Chano601 cope harder
Right😂
Rest assured, when the governor makes unethical decisions, tough questions will be asked.
At least she's not gifting her fans out of every penny they've got and desperate to stay in the limelight.
Your organization is just the best journalism.
Fantastic investigative journalism here!👏🏽
Thank you. Please come to San Antonio Texas probate court
"Give me the verdicts I want, and I'll give you a job."
Yeah, no possibility for corruption HERE, right?
_"RIGHT?"_
Wild how a badge (apparently) allows you to destroy innocent lives without repercussions...
Why isn't her office doing their due diligence to find out if her word is to be trusted?
Because nobody in the Arizona DOJ cares. They are like the thin blue line gang -- help each other and screw justice and truth.
Great reporting thank you
AZ has some serious systemic problems in their judicial and law enforcement agencies. Yikes.
This whole process is a sham. Thank you for exposing these innocuous looking criminals in pant suits. Just awful.
State Bar you have more attorneys to look at for lying, corruption, and sleeze.
There is so so much material out in the world about just how horrible Arizona enforcement and judiciary are. I just feel pity for the citizens who don’t know any better than to make the necessary changes.
wonderfull work Dave & Team
If the [Judge] is not an attorney, contact the Commissioner of Judicial Conduct to make a complaint.
Excellent journalism!!
Great reporting
Thank you for REAL journalism .. It is such a rare commodity in today's messed up world
Keep 'em accountable, Dave.
Yes!!
Nothing was mentioned about salary.
The reporter Dave B. looks like the main actor from the tv show BURN NOTICE
How we did it back then we can and will edit out stories
old man
She tries to interview no gaslight the journalist lol..
Another fine case of do as i say not as i do. Arizona's injustice system.
Notice she said "he should be held accountable, he should face consequences", not "they" or "she". Clever
What makes her take this lawyer's word for it?
This is amazing journalism.
I’ll give it to abc 15 for actually reporting news not just retelling a narrative that was givin to them
This reporter kicks ass!
Great job Dave!
This County Attorney should resign her position or be tossed out. She says she expects her attorneys to hold themselves accountable but doesn't hold herself accountable. So very sad!!!
Disgrace. Anyone can get a law degree. Many cannot uphold good character, integrity, respect for themselves; and the law profession. Great reporting btw.
Assume Reporting!
These supposed defenders of the law quickly become a "Good old Boys" club, each defending the other. You can find this in every governmental discipline in the country.
Dave Biscabayne (sp?) is a frickin beast.
"We're not corrupt. You're the confused one."
Get 'em Dave, get 'em!
This is scary stuff.
Woohoo Dave Biscabane! She was squirming so you're poking in all the right places! When she asked if you had more information about the judge tells me she doesn't trust that judge and she is petrified the other shoe will drop.
FIND THE OTHER SHOE DAVE!
I didnt feel it was wrong... Great acceptance of responsibility....
Dave Biscobing is a wonderful investigative reporter!
These prosecutors are great arguments against the death penalty. Clearly integrity is not a part of their character.