Government
Oct. 14, 2022
DOJ lists reforms for Orange County after informant scandal
The Department of Justice issued a 63-page report of recommendations to the sheriff’s and district attorney’s offices in the wake of the discovery that informants were placed in the jail cells of defendants to elicit incriminating information, after they had declined to speak to prosecutors, and the defense attorneys were not informed.
The use of jail informants by Orange County prosecutors and deputy sheriffs to collect information from defendants who exercised their right not to speak was a violation of the Constitution, a six-year civil probe by the U.S. Department of Justice concluded.
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division compiled a 63-page report with recommendations on reforms that the Orange County Sheriff’s Department should undertake, such as maintaining and auditing...
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