O.C. jail scandal led to no answers or charges. Critics want an explanation
8:23 PM, Jan. 20, 2020
conclusion of the state inquiry has stirred frustration that many key players will escape accountability. For at least the first two years of the inquiry, witnesses were subpoenaed or compelled to testify, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss the case candidly.
Sanders was given voluminous records related to the attorney general’s investigation as part of the discovery he received during hearings in connection to murder charges againstDekraai’s case became central to the informant scandal when it was revealed the Sheriff’s Department had housed a prolific snitch near him hoping to elicit a confession.
Dekraai was spared the death penalty. Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals ruled that the defendant could never truly receive a fair trial, citing the Sheriff’s Department’s repeated failure to turn over evidence about the scandal.
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