Judge finds prison whistleblower not guilty in controversial assault case

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has found a prison whistleblower not guilty in a controversial aggravated assault case. In a tersely delivered verdict, Judge Joseph Kiefer cleared former prison Lt. Mark Hasz after a multi-day bench trial. “In CR2020-136173, State of Arizona v. Mark Hasz, the court finds the defendant Mark Hasz on the charge of count one aggravated assault, not guilty,” Kiefer said.