20-07-2020 23:10 via kvoa.com

Report: Prosecutors mishandled California mass murder case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An internal review has found California prosecutors were negligent in their use of a jailhouse snitch in the case of a man convicted of killing his ex-wife and seven others at a Seal Beach hair salon. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Monday that prosecutors exhibited signs of misconduct in the case of Scott Dekraai, a former tugboat operator, who is serving life in prison for the 2011 slayings. The review found prosecutors erred in using an informant to
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