In the latest revelation stemming from the jailhouse informants scandal, a court transcript shows that the Orange County Counsel’s office has known for at least a decade about “TRED,” a secret system that tracks the location of jail inmates and allowed sheriff’s deputies to strategically place informants.
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DA Announces Committee to Examine Prosecutorial Misconduct
District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has empaneled a committee of five independent attorneys to examine his office’s controversial, and at-times, illegal use of jailhouse informants.
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Lights, Camera, Action! Inside OC’s Jails
Orange County Sheriff’s Department manipulated the media, but the tactic has led to allegations that rights of jailed inmates were violated.
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Public Defender Alleges Improprieties by Sheriff’s Deputies, TV Producers
Attorneys for admitted double murderer Daniel Patrick Wozniak say deputies and producers of MSNBC show violated his rights.
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Local Bar Association Slams DA for Avoiding Judge’s Courtroom
The Orange County Bar Association weighs in on reports that the District Attorney’s Office has systematically steered cases away from Thomas Goethals since he convened a hearing on allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.
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State AG Will Investigate Alleged DA Misconduct in Dekraai Case
Announcement of investigation comes after state Attorney General Kamala Harris said she will appeal judge’s decision to recuse entire DA’s office from case.
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Murders Forgotten: How Far Did Prosecutors Go to Hide Informants Network?
Court records raise questions about how vigorously Santa Ana police and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office pursued murder cases.
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Sheriff’s Department Use of Jailhouse Tracking System Under Scrutiny
In latest chapter of jailhouse informants case, an Orange County public defender alleges that records from the largely secret computer system were withheld from Scott Evans Dekraai defense.
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DA’s Misconduct Leads to Reduced Sentence for Convicted Murderer
Leonel Santiago Vega, who was convicted in 2010 for a 2004 gang-related killing, will be out of jail in about four years. Reduced sentence comes after revelations in Dekraai hearing that prosecutors violated Vega’s rights.
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Judge Recuses Himself From Wozniak Case
Citing negative feelings toward public defender, James A. Stotler said Tuesday another judge should hear high-profile murder case.
