County residents are showing up to courtrooms to watch criminal case hearings and keep an eye out for misconduct, like prosecutors failing to hand over evidence that could help defendants.
Tag: Jailhouse Snitch Scandal
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Sharon Petrosino Is Orange County’s New Public Defender
The 30-year veteran of the Public Defender’s office has held the position on an interim basis since Frank Ospino stepped down in December.
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DA Says Records Contradict Sheriff Deputy Testimony in Snitch Case
Recently disclosed Orange County sheriff’s deputies records refute previous testimony in the case against mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai, according to court documents filed Thursday by District Attorney Tony Rackauckas’ team.
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Delay in Wozniak Sentencing Marks New Phase of Jail Informants Scandal
The sentencing of Daniel Patrick Wozniak, who was convicted last December of a grisly double-murder, will continue to drag on after more revelations of Orange County Sheriff’s deputies maintaining secret records on jailhouse snitches have surfaced in recent weeks.
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Testimony Reveals Secret ‘Blog’ Kept by Sheriff’s Deputies on Jail Snitches
Orange County sheriff’s deputies for years maintained a secret, “unauthorized” blog on jail informants that was withheld from defense attorneys, according to testimony Tuesday in the Daniel Patrick Wozniak double murder case.
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Santana: Avoid Politics With Public Defender Pick
The Orange County supervisors are in the process of choosing a new public defender. Will they appoint someone who’ll stay aggressive on the jailhouse snitch cases? Or someone who’ll take the heat off District Attorney Tony Rackauckas?
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Months After Scathing Report on Jail Informants, DA Hasn’t Delivered Promised Response
More than three months after a panel of experts outlined steps to fix a “failure of leadership,” District Attorney Tony Rackauckas still hasn’t provided a response to supervisors, which he said in January would take a couple of weeks.
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More Secret Records Come to Light in Snitch Scandal
New disclosures about Orange County sheriff’s deputies hiding another secret cache of records about jail informants is threatening to postpone the May 20 sentencing of convicted double-murderer Daniel Patrick Wozniak.
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The Scandal-Singed DA’s Who Want to Be Judges
Two prosecutors from the Orange County District Attorney’s office are running for Superior Court judgeships, aiming to take the bench alongside judges who’ve called them out for misconduct in the jailhouse informants scandal.
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Security Video Shows Reactions to Courthouse Beating
Newly released security footage shows the reaction of alarmed observers who saw last week’s courthouse beating, but officials say the court’s cameras did not capture the beating itself.
