Judge Considers Sanctions in Profiling Case
A judge is considering sanctions against the Maricopa Sheriff's department for not retaining records about traffic stops. "U.S. District Judge Murray Snow heard arguments Thursday over whether the law enforcement agency should be punished for throwing away and shredding officers' records of traffic stops and for not handing over all its e-mails about the sweeps," the Washington Post reports. The traffic stops sometimes involved questions about immigration status, and lawyers for illegal alien supporters argue the sheriffs profiled people who they stopped.