Romley, Rick

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Name	Romley, Rick Gender: M
Birthname	Richard M. Romley
born on	28 April 1949 at 03:40 (= 03:40 AM )
Place	Tucson, Arizona, 32n13, 110w56
Timezone	MST h7w (is standard time)
Data source	News report Rodden Rating A Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	07°48' 09°02 Asc. 22°43'

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Biography

American lawyer and politician, a Republican, he served as the County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona from 1989 to 2004, and prosecuted several high profile criminal cases.

A veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the United States Marine Corps, he received numerous commendations for his service in that war, including the Purple Heart medal. He was severely wounded by a land mine, losing both legs above the knee and suffering other injuries. Following the war, Romley went to Arizona State University in Tempe as a business management student, and graduated in 1974. He later attended ASU's law school and attained his Juris Doctor degree in 1981.

Romley was elected Maricopa County attorney in 1989. One of his highest publicized cases was his prosecution of the AzScam scandal of the early 1990s. In 2002, he initiated an investigation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and its part in the Catholic sex abuse cases, that led to an admission of wrongdoing by the then-Bishop Thomas O'Brien.

Romley also prosecuted Ray Krone for the murder of Kim Ancona. Krone, who had no prior criminal record, was convicted and sentenced to death. After spending ten years in prison, four on Death Row, Krone was freed after DNA conclusively proved that he was innocent. Romley defended his prosecution of Ray Krone by saying there was "strong circumstantial evidence" of his guilt. In response to the conclusive proof that an innocent Ray Krone spent 10+1⁄2 years in prison, four of which was spent on Arizona's death row, Prosecutor Romley said, "we will try to do better." He neglected to mention that the prosecution's concealment of the odontologist's report that cast doubt on Ray's guilt prior to his first trial indicates they may have knowingly prosecuted an innocent man.

After leaving the county attorney's post, Romley served as a special advisor to the Arizona Attorney General for six months. In August 2007, he became a personal advisor to James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in Washington, D.C. In April 2010 the Board of Supervisors appointed him as Interim Maricopa County Attorney when Andrew Thomas resigned amid ethics investigations from that position to run for the office of Attorney General of Arizona, making Romley only the third interim ever since 1912, following Donald Harris in 1976 and Phil MacDonnell (Andrew Thomas' Chief Deputy) in 2010.

Romley's success as the interim county attorney came to an end on 24 August 2010, when Bill Montgomery beat Romley in the Republican primary. Rick Romley ended his appointed term on 3 November 2010.

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Relationships

• associate relationship with Hartdegen, James (born 26 October 1945). Notes: AzScam corruption case

• associate relationship with Kenney, Donald (born 9 August 1938). Notes: AzScam corruption case

• associate relationship with Nicholson, Jim (born 4 February 1938)

• associate relationship with O'Brien, Thomas J. (born 29 November 1935)

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes birth notice, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona), 29 April 1949, page B7, born at Tucson Medical Center.

Categories

• Vocation : Law : Attorney

• Vocation : Military : Combat

• Vocation : Military : Honors

• Vocation : Military : Military service (U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War)

• Vocation : Military : Wounded (Lost his legs)

• Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (Republican)

• Vocation : Politics : Public office

• Notable : Famous : Criminal cases (Prosecutor)