Republican Maricopa County District Attorney Rachel Mitchell responded Wednesday to Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, detailing the legal process for not extraditing a murder suspect to New York City.
Mr. Mitchell appeared on NewsNation’s “Dan Abrams Live” to discuss his recent opposition to the extradition of murder suspect Raad Noa al-Mansoori to New York City, which Mr. Bragg had asked to be extradited to New York City. Ta. Maricopa County’s top prosecutor detailed to Abrams why the decision was not “petty politics” and clarified that the state had not “refuse” to extradite Al-Mansouri. (Related: Republican district attorney refuses to extradite murder suspect to New York City)
“I’m not a fan of Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg, and I’ve criticized him on a lot of fronts here. But I feel like there’s a little bit of politics in this, right?” Abrams said. Asked.
“No. It’s not petty politics. This man, Mr. Al-Mansoori, came to Maricopa County, which I was sworn to protect and elected to protect, and brutally stabbed two women — with the intent to kill them.” These are mandatory prison sentences in Arizona. Each count alone carries a sentence of 7 to 21 years in prison. I’m keeping him here without bail, which means he can’t post bond or post any amount of money to get out of jail. And I believe that’s the best place for him right now,” Mitchell said.
As Abrams continued to highlight Arizona Penal Code 13-3842, which sets the legal sentence for extradition, Mitchell pointed out that Al-Mansouri has been charged with “very serious crimes” in Arizona. Abrams was pushed back. Mitchell stressed that the “norm” in litigation is “no extradition,” before responding to Bragg’s comments, which he claimed were politically motivated.
Mitchell said that while he has “the utmost respect” for the NYPD and crime victims, the county is treating an undocumented immigrant who fled New York City after “walking out of jail” after allegedly punching two police officers in Times Square. He said four people were arrested.
“It’s not the norm to extradite, it’s the norm that the person who is extraditing goes first. There may be some exceptions where the crime here is not that serious, but the bottom line is that he is not under the law here. “We have very serious charges here and we will be the first to investigate,” Mitchell continued.
“I have the utmost respect for the NYPD and crime victims. But what I want to point out is that we recently witnessed what happened in New York City, where illegal immigrants attacked an NYPD officer and were allowed to leave the jail with their cameras turned off. Incidentally, four of them ended up in Maricopa County, where they were taken into custody. Given his track record, I would disagree with anything he said otherwise.”
Al-Mansoori stabbed two women in Scottsdale, Ariz., over the weekend after he was already wanted by authorities in New York for the Feb. 8 murder of another woman, Denise Oleas-Aranchibia. He was arrested on suspicion. Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Theft of Instrument in Surprise, Arizona, and Robbery, Assault, Theft, and Criminal Damage in Phoenix, Arizona. according to Go to NBC News.
