Hearing to examine new allegations of local law enforcement irregularities related to jailhouse informant network.
Tag: Scott Evans Dekraai
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DA Drops More Charges Rather Than Release Informant Records
The latest in the ongoing fallout of the jailhouse informant case.
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More Murder Charges Dropped in Wake of DA Informants Case
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has dropped murder charges against another defendant after allegations that prosecutors improperly withheld evidence gleaned from a network of jailhouse informants.
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DA Lapses Result in Release of Murderer
A man who could have earned the death penalty was instead set to be released from jail because of evidence violations.
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Dekraai Judge: DA Misconduct Not Enough to Bar Death Sentence
The ruling by Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals ended a six-month hearing on a jailhouse informant network run by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
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Final Arguments Made in Unique Attempt to Save Mass Murderer From Death
A months-long and unprecedented hearing on alleged prosecutorial misconduct in the case of Scott Evans Dekraai drew to a close Thursday.
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New Evidence Extends Hearing on Jailhouse Informants Into This Week
Judge rules against one attempt to remove the death penalty from the case of mass-murderer Scott Evans Dekraai, but will hear new testimony on alleged failure by prosecutors to disclose evidence.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Seal Beach, Top Stories
Lawyers Cite Recent Death Penalty Ruling in Dekraai Defense
The final chapter in an unprecedented hearing on alleged prosecutorial misconduct will focus on a federal court ruling that California’s death penalty system is unconstitutional.
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Judge Testifies DA’s Office Wrong in Case of Withheld Evidence
Superior Court Judge Terri K. Flynn-Peister, a former federal prosecutor, on stand in highly unusual instance of judge as a witness in her own jurisdiction.
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Murder Conviction Vacated After DA’s Jailhouse Informant Network Exposed
A Santa Ana man’s conviction for murder and his life sentence becomes the first case overturned following disclosures from an unprecedented hearing on prosecutorial conduct.
