PHOENIX — For the six hearings in April Sponsel’s disciplinary trial, these court watchers with Mass Liberation Arizona attended with notepads and pens, observing and taking notes.
Mass Lib is dedicated to the end of mass incarceration and the liberation of marginalized communities. The group’s work focuses on prosecutorial misconduct, police brutality and alternatives to incarceration. W. Jesse Weins, a professor at Arizona State University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, said court watching is an old practice that has been around since before the United States criminal justice system existed. He said most lawyers have experienced court watchers at hearings and will welcome them – but privately have concerns about the practice.
“When folks are facing these systems, they’re often by themselves and they’re often left without any clue of what to do,” Aguilar said. Gautam attended some of the Sponsel hearings in person and virtually and said it was important to see some of the key players of the case against the Black Lives Matter protesters in the flesh.
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