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Perspective

Mar. 25, 2014

A curious case of jailhouse snitching in the OC

Defense attorneys have filed a motion alleging systemic corruption in a widespread intel-gathering operation inside the Orange County jail. By Jacqueline Goodman


By Jacqueline Goodman


Rats.


There are rats in the Orange County jail.


There are rats in every jail.


But in Orange County, some believe the prosecutor is breeding them.


Orange County Public Defender Scott Sanders is shining a light on the buggers in his defense of the notorious Scott Dekraai, the man accused in the Seal Beach salon case, the largest mass murder in Orange County history.

Down the Rabbit Ho...

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