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| Judge rejects Arizona’s effort to dismiss prison teacher rape lawsuit |
| By reviewjournal.com- Michael Martinez & Amanda Watts |
| Published: 02/06/2015 |
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An Arizona prison teacher who said she was raped by an inmate is at the center of a legal controversy in which the state is accused of trying to dismiss her negligence lawsuit on the grounds of “it’s a prison, this will happen,” her attorney contends. That claim, by attorney Scott Zwillinger, also was made Tuesday by an Arizona newspaper columnist, who criticized the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. “The AG’s reasoning is essentially this: The woman knew she was in a prison, so what did she expect?” wrote Laurie Roberts in The Arizona Republic. “No, seriously. That’s the reasoning.” On Tuesday, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a former prosecutor, disputed those characterizations. Read More. |
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