The settlement comes over a decade after the first concerns were raised publicly about the sheriff’s department’s confidential informant program, which investigators found broke multiple laws.
Tag: Jailhouse Snitch Scandal
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Jailhouse Snitches: A Rare Conversation on The Ethics of a Former High Level Prosecutor
Ebrahim Baytieh, an OC Superior Court judge and former OCDA prosecutor, spoke on OC’s jailhouse snitch scandal for the first time publicly under oath on Monday in a San Diego courtroom.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
How Deep Does OC District Attorney Todd Spitzer Look Into His Own Office?
While the Conviction Integrity Unit gives the DA’s office a clean bill of health, there are questions circulating around multiple high-profile cases that were thrown out due to misconduct.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
What Is Orange County’s Law Enforcement Watchdog Investigating?
After over a year, the new head of the county’s Office of Independent Review has issued one report on an issue investigators admit they were never asked to look into.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
OC Public Defender Says Jailhouse Informant Program Led to Dozens of Murder Charges Being Dropped
A new report from the assistant Orange County Public Defender Scott Sanders claims the scandal’s impact is wider than what was previously known, impacting over 50 cases.
Posted inNorberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Did OC District Attorney Todd Spitzer Fire a Top Prosecutor to Protect Himself?
This week, the DA abruptly fired one of his top prosecutors who is running For OC Superior Court Judge over cheating on prosecutions but there is mounting speculation about the timing of the firing.
Posted inCountywide
OC Prosecutors ‘Inappropriately Abandoned’ Plan to Tell Defendants About Informant Violations, DA Says
The move came after an appeals court found prosecutors had systemically violated defendants’ rights with an illegal informant program, according to the DA’s office.
Posted inNEWS
Long-Dormant County Police Watchdog Plans First Set of Probes into OC Agencies in Years
It’s the first set of probes the Office of Independent Review, which has sat vacant since 2018, has announced in years. An Aug. 27 report announced three investigations.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Alleging OC Sheriff, Prosecutors Illegally Use Informants
The court’s focus will be whether the informant program is ongoing and whether it is illegal, the appeals justices wrote.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
DA Spitzer Faces Calls to Resign from Families of Seal Beach Shooting Victims Who Allege False Promises
Several family members of victims of Orange County’s deadliest mass murder are demanding that District Attorney Todd Spitzer resign.
