A crime or retaliation? ABC15 investigates prison whistleblower facing charges

For nearly two years, former corrections Lt. Mark Hasz has faced an aggravated assault charge. As he approaches trial later this year, his defense team is laying the groundwork to argue that the alleged assault was a justified use-of-force, and that Hasz is the target of retaliation for blowing the whistle against the state’s prison director months before his arrest.