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Murder Conviction Collapses in Orange County in Wake of Informant Scandal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2022
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Murder Conviction Collapses in Orange County in Wake of Informant Scandal

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA - The murder conviction of Ramon Alvarez was overtur ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA - The murder conviction of Ramon Alvarez was overturned by a US District Court Central District of California in March. In late May, Assistant Oran ...

June 23, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Orange County May Have the Most Corrupt Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Orange County May Have the Most Corrupt Justice System

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA - Todd Spitzer, it is hard to believe, was once elec ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA - Todd Spitzer, it is hard to believe, was once elected to get rid of a corrupt DA, Tony Rackaukas. Instead, the scope of the corruption has expan ...

April 11, 2022
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Memo Accuses OC DA Spitzer of Making Racist Comments; Hardin Calls for Him to Resign

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 17, 2022
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Memo Accuses OC DA Spitzer of Making Racist Comments; Hardin Calls for Him to Resign

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Orange County Prosecutor Ebrahim Baytieh was f ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Orange County Prosecutor Ebrahim Baytieh was fired last week after an internal investigation showed that he repeatedly withheld critical evid ...

February 17, 2022
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Orange County DA Forced to Fire Senior Level Prosecutor Due to Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2022
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Orange County DA Forced to Fire Senior Level Prosecutor Due to Misconduct

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Last summer the Vanguard reported that Judge D ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Last summer the Vanguard reported that Judge Donahue was asked by the DA’s office to throw out the 2010 conviction of Paul Gentile Smith for ...

February 10, 2022
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Motion to Compel Discovery Shows a Series of Lies and Inconsistencies by Top OC Sheriff’s Investigator

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 07, 2022
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Motion to Compel Discovery Shows a Series of Lies and Inconsistencies by Top OC Sheriff’s Investigator

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA – In December a top Orange County sheriff’s investig ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA – In December a top Orange County sheriff’s investigator testified that he believed it was all right to write in his reports that he had booked evi ...

January 07, 2022
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Orange County Judge Agrees to Disqualify Himself in High Profile Murder Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 20, 2021
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Orange County Judge Agrees to Disqualify Himself in High Profile Murder Case

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Last month the Orange County DA Todd Spitzer a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Last month the Orange County DA Todd Spitzer and his office agreed to retry a 2010 high profile conviction of Paul Gentile Smith for a Sunset ...

September 20, 2021
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Commentary: Spitzer Has Failed to Clean House in Orange County and His Cover-Up Is Leaking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2021
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Commentary: Spitzer Has Failed to Clean House in Orange County and His Cover-Up Is Leaking

OIR Report Is Subtle but Lifts the Veil in Orange County By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa An ...

OIR Report Is Subtle but Lifts the Veil in Orange County By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA – It is perhaps easy to miss the importance of the OIR (Office of Indepedent Review) repo ...

August 31, 2021
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OIR Comes Down Hard on Orange County Sheriff’s Department Use of Force Practices

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2021
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OIR Comes Down Hard on Orange County Sheriff’s Department Use of Force Practices

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA - A report by a government watchdog agency found tha ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA - A report by a government watchdog agency found that the Orange County Sheriff’s Department was out of compliance with numerous policies regarding ...

August 26, 2021
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OC Public Defender Accuses Sheriff’s Department of Protecting Deputy from Charges of Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2021
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OC Public Defender Accuses Sheriff’s Department of Protecting Deputy from Charges of Misconduct

By David M. Greenwald Orange County, CA - Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders last week filed a motio ...

By David M. Greenwald Orange County, CA - Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders last week filed a motion to compel discovery in a case of Brittany Shahbakhti, alleging misconduct by Detective Matthe ...

June 29, 2021
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Motion Denied by Orange County Judge to Disclose Additional Police Records

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2021
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Motion Denied by Orange County Judge to Disclose Additional Police Records

By David M. Greenwald Orange County, CA - An Orange County judge denied a motion by defense to order the ...

By David M. Greenwald Orange County, CA - An Orange County judge denied a motion by defense to order the OC Sheriff’s Department to turn over additional deputy personnel records in a case against Moha ...

April 26, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Newsom Has a Chance to Change the Direction of Criminal Justice in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Newsom Has a Chance to Change the Direction of Criminal Justice in California

By David M. Greenwald Bill Lockyer. Jerry Brown. Kamala Harris. Xavier Becerra. What do they have in ...

By David M. Greenwald Bill Lockyer. Jerry Brown. Kamala Harris. Xavier Becerra. What do they have in common? They are all Democrats. Most would consider them liberal. They were all attorneys ge ...

March 21, 2021
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DA Spitzer Accused of Whitewashing Evidence Booking Scandal in January Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2021
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DA Spitzer Accused of Whitewashing Evidence Booking Scandal in January Report

By David M. Greenwald Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders on Thursday filed a motion to ...

By David M. Greenwald Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders on Thursday filed a motion to compel discovery attempting to gain reports and evidence documenting sheriff’s personnel who h ...

March 11, 2021
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Man Beaten and Intimidated By Deputies, but Use-of-Force Records Might Be Non-Disclosable Per Judge’s Tentative Ruling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 09, 2021
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Man Beaten and Intimidated By Deputies, but Use-of-Force Records Might Be Non-Disclosable Per Judge’s Tentative Ruling

By David M. Greenwald An Orange County judge last week issued a tentative ruling that a police agency may ...

By David M. Greenwald An Orange County judge last week issued a tentative ruling that a police agency may not have to turn over police personnel records under Pitchess if there is no actual complaint ...

March 09, 2021
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OC Sheriff’s Deputies Are Accused of Mishandling Evidence on a Staggering Scale

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 01, 2020
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OC Sheriff’s Deputies Are Accused of Mishandling Evidence on a Staggering Scale

Deputies in Orange County wrote false reports about their collection and booking of evidence, according t ...

Deputies in Orange County wrote false reports about their collection and booking of evidence, according to internal audits kept secret for months. by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Two audits conducted by ...

March 01, 2020
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Orange County PD Alleges Sheriff’s Deputies Promoted Despite Evidence of Wrongdoing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2020
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Orange County PD Alleges Sheriff’s Deputies Promoted Despite Evidence of Wrongdoing

New Filing Reveals More Allegations of Impropriety in OC Evidence Scandal In December, the Vanguard repor ...

New Filing Reveals More Allegations of Impropriety in OC Evidence Scandal In December, the Vanguard reported two audits in Orange County, which showed more than a thousand sheriff’s deputies holding o ...

January 06, 2020
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Orange County Public Defender Discusses Latest Evidence Scandal That Could Put Thousands of Cases in Question

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2019
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Orange County Public Defender Discusses Latest Evidence Scandal That Could Put Thousands of Cases in Question

Two audits showed Orange County Sheriff’s deputies holding onto evidence for days and sometimes weeks or ...

Two audits showed Orange County Sheriff’s deputies holding onto evidence for days and sometimes weeks or longer before booking it. In addition, a separate audit showed evidence was missing. The resul ...

December 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 10 – Scott Sanders and Orange County Jail Informant Scandal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 10 – Scott Sanders and Orange County Jail Informant Scandal

This is one of the worst stories about official corruption we have seen in recent times in California. Ba ...

This is one of the worst stories about official corruption we have seen in recent times in California. Back in 2014, Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders was the keynote speaker at the Vanguard's a ...

August 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Becerra Fails to Hold Orange County DA Accountable for Snitch Scandal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Becerra Fails to Hold Orange County DA Accountable for Snitch Scandal

Scandal and Failure to Hold Official Accountable Highlight the Failed Prosecutorial Oversight System It h ...

Scandal and Failure to Hold Official Accountable Highlight the Failed Prosecutorial Oversight System It has been nearly five years since Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders spoke in ...

April 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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OC Prosecutor Ran a Secret, Unconstitutional Jailhouse Informant Scheme for Years

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 05, 2018
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OC Prosecutor Ran a Secret, Unconstitutional Jailhouse Informant Scheme for Years

By Somil Trivedi When Bethany Webb’s sister, Laura, was killed in a mass shooting in 2011, she couldn’t i ...

By Somil Trivedi When Bethany Webb’s sister, Laura, was killed in a mass shooting in 2011, she couldn’t imagine things getting worse. But then-District Attorney Tony Rackauckas of Orange County, Calif ...

April 05, 2018
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Commentary: AG’s Office Looks Other Way at Orange County Wrongdoing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2017
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Commentary: AG’s Office Looks Other Way at Orange County Wrongdoing

Back in August, we asked why the supposedly liberal California Attorney General’s office was trying to se ...

Back in August, we asked why the supposedly liberal California Attorney General’s office was trying to seek the death penalty in the case of Scott Dekraai, despite Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s (a ...

September 29, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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