Grand jury: No systemic cheating from Orange County D.A., Sheriff in using jailhouse informants

A Grand Jury report released today says the Orange County District Attorney and the Orange County Sheriff’s Dept. are not the prime drivers of the county’s ongoing jailhouse informant scandal, acknowledging the existence of isolated problems but saying suggestions of systemic cheating by police and prosecutors are unfounded.
The 25-page report, “The Myth of the Orange County Jailhouse Informant Program,” includes a summary that exonerates local prosecutors and sheriffs de