DOJ Finds Calif. County Ran Illegal Informant Program

By Dorothy Atkins (October 13, 2022, 8:03 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Department of Justice released findings of a yearslong investigation into prosecutors and sheriffs in Orange County, California, on Thursday, concluding that local law enforcement ran a jailhouse informant program that violated the constitutional rights of criminal defendants for years and they haven't done enough since to prevent future violations....

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