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.
Tag: Thomas Goethals
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
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.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
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.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
DA’s Improper Disclosures to Cost County Nearly $630K
The money is needed to pay for paralegals following revelations that the DA’s office failed to properly disclose evidence to criminal defendants.
Posted inCountywide, Seal Beach, Top Stories
Dekraai Pleads Guilty to Seal Beach Shooting Rampage
Scott Evans Dekraai pleaded guilty to killing his ex-wife and seven others at a Seal Beach beauty salon in 2011.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Seal Beach, Top Stories
Dekraai Might Plead Guilty to Seal Beach Hair Salon Murders
The public defender for Scott Evans Dekraai made a vaguely worded statement in court Friday indicating that a guilty plea could come next week in the county’s largest-ever mass murder case.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Seal Beach, Top Stories
DA Chief of Staff Testifies in Seal Beach Mass Murder Case
The lead public defender in the Scott Evans Dekraai case grilled Susan Kang Schroeder about her comments to the media and victims’ families.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Top DA Prosecutor: Office Didn’t Properly Disclose Evidence
The unprecedented acknowledgement by an assistant district attorney on the witness stand came during testimony in the Seal Beach mass murder case.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Testimony Provides Rare Look Into Use of Jailhouse Informants
The Orange County district attorney’s office is accused of violating defendants’ rights with an intelligence-gathering operation inside county jails.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Public Defender: Remove DA From Mass Murder Case
The motion follows allegations of an extensive jailhouse informant system that violated constitutional rights of defendants in OC jails.
