Arizona county licensed professional’s office drops 180 prison costs attributable to of overlooked carve-off date

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Say of business turned into as soon as compelled to drop 180 prison cases attributable to costs weren’t filed sooner than the statute of limitation expired.

Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone offered no excuses, whereas announcing he felt for the victims of the cases now not prosecuted by the licensed professional’s office. Penzone spoke on behalf of Arizona Department of Public Safety Director Col. Heston Silbert.

“The colonel and I acknowledge the difficulties in managing complex organizations and the corresponding challenges, nonetheless we chanced on nothing to mitigate or exonerate the breadth of this deficiency,” Penzone acknowledged in a commentary to Glendale’s KTAR-FM.

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“We emphasised to” County Attorney Allister Adel “our expectation there must be integrity and transparency in communication with the victims impacted by this misfortune,” Penzone added. “We also requested instantaneous solutions upon MCAO’s blueprint to this subject to make determined this is capable of doubtless now not be repeated.”

An investigation by the Arizona Republic chanced on the licensed professional’s office turned into as soon as compelled to drop 180 misdemeanor cases, including below the impact of alcohol using, domestic assault, and prison injury incidents that took place in 2020 – attributable to prosecutors forgot to file costs sooner than the carve-off date handed. 

“The Maricopa County Attorney’s Say of business did now not possess a look at roughly 180 misdemeanor cases from 2020 sooner than the expiration of the statute of obstacles. The Say of business took steps to advise regulation enforcement agencies and victims of this error,” wrote the licensed professional’s office in a commentary, in step with FOX 10 Phoenix. “The Say of business has also redirected sources to make determined this error does now not happen within the future.”

Under Arizona regulation, misdemeanor cases are required to be filed interior a 12 months that the alleged crime took place, stories acknowledged. 

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Sheriff Penzone famed the finest priority ethical now would possibly perchance doubtless perchance be for the victims, who “resulting from these cases, will now not receive justice.”

Adel did now not retort to a Fox 10 Phoenix ask for comment.