Federal Judge Rules Against Joe Arpaio in Landmark Class-Action Jail Lawsuit
Wed Oct 22, 2008 at 05:57:44 PM
By John Dickerson

In a major blow to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, U.S. District Judge Neil Wake ruled just minutes ago in a landmark class-action lawsuit that Maricopa County jails do not meet constitutional standards.

The order from the federal judge comes on the heels of the revocation of Arpaio's jail accreditation last month by the country's premiere independent jail-healthcare-monitoring agency.

“We won, basically,â€