Federal prosecutors said the use of jailhouse snitches violated inmates' Sixth and 14th Amendment rights to legal representation and due process of law.
The DOJ noted in its announcement that both agencies have already implemented changes and taken remedial steps, and stepped using informants in the Orange County Jail in 2016.
"The failure to protect these basic constitutional guarantees not only deprives individual defendants of their rights, it undermines the public's confidence in the fundamental fairness of criminal justice systems across the county." Sheriff's deputies then"maintained and concealed systems to track, manage and reward those custodial informants," according to the DOJ."The evidence also reveals that Orange County prosecutors failed to seek out and disclose exculpatory information regarding custodial informants to defense counsel."
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