Taint From Jailhouse Informant Scandal Lingers Over Orange County

Professor Daniel Medwed is quoted in The Orange County Register on the lingering fallout from Orange County’s jailhouse informant scandal, which has unraveled more than 60 major cases since prosecutors were found to have illegally used informants to secure convictions. Medwed praised District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s willingness to revisit old cases, while noting the inherent difficulty of an office investigating its own past conduct.