The State Bar of Arizona, which regulates lawyers and was seeking discipline against Martinez, said the outcome was just. Earlier this week, Martinez suffered a defeat when the Arizona Supreme Court reinstated the sexual harassment allegations after a lower court had dismissed them. In the ethics case, Martinez was accused of leaking the identity of a juror in the Arias case to a blogger with whom he was having a sexual relationship and lying to investigators about it.
It said some female employees would hide in the bathroom, duck into cubicles or engage in busy work to avoid encountering Martinez.
Arias revealed confidential and privileged information, and violated his most basic ethical and fiduciary duties to Ms. What he did was knowingly and intentionally wrong. His book violated his duty to protect confidential information and also contained false statements about Ms. Arias and gross misstatements about her case. He wrote the book in a selfish attempt to 'redeem' his public image and enrich himself to the extreme detriment of Ms.
Nurmi is now disbarred for ethical violations concerning his misconduct involving Ms. Arias," the statement said. Arias and that Mr. Nurmi disgorge all profits he received from the public media promotion and sale of his outrageous and self-serving book about Ms.
Arias and her case. Judge: Media may photograph 'Serial Street Shooter' suspect. Nurmi had just entered private practice when he took over as lead counsel for Arias in the case. Nurmi has said he even received death threats from strangers following the widely covered trial. After Arias was convicted, she gave interviews lacing into Nurmi for botching the case. In , after Arias had been sentenced to life in prison and Nurmi was no longer her lawyer, he was diagnosed with cancer.
According to an email statement Nurmi sent to me, the cancer diagnosis prompted him think about reclaiming his reputation. Also in , Martinez prosecuted Cory Morris, who was convicted of killing five sex workers and dumping their bodies in an alley. Even without the state bar and the courts, Martinez is presumably accountable to his office. But his boss, County Attorney Bill Montgomery, has repeatedly swept aside the misconduct allegations.
Montgomery has even blamed the recurring complaints against Martinez on the ability of people to file complaints, implying that they are frivolous. Montgomery and his line prosecutors are emphatic about being tough on crime, and adhere to an ethos of harsh consequences. Yet, when it comes to Martinez, that attitude does not seem to apply. But until then, he continues to be one of the most powerful prosecutors in Arizona—and continues to evade consequences. If you valued this article, please help us produce more journalism like this by making a contribution today.
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