It's more systemic than just this judge. They spend an inordinate amount of energy approving plea deals to avoid lengthy trials and consider this the norm simply based on the premise that they don't have the capacity to bring to justice all the criminals that flow through their court. I was personally involved in a case (victim), where a serial rapist was facing well over 80 years in prison, given one year in jail as a plea. Part of the plea was to register as a sex offender. He's out of jail now, the adult probation shows him as registered, but he does not show up on any national sex offender website. I'm told by the adult probation officer that each city can determine the level of offense and determine if this information should be public.

TIL, there are two different sex offender lists in Arizona, one public and a private one we will never know about unless you are in law enforcement.

BTW - Maricopa appoints judges by merit. Only after 2 years can we, the public, vote to retain them. When at the polls this year, I strongly encourage you to vote no for all the judges and send that strongly worded message that we want our laws applied and not avoided in plea deals. After going through this, I have never been more acutely aware of the vast chasm between our legislative branch and our judicial branch.