Crime & Justice

Orange County Prosecutors Used Jailhouse Informants to Illegally ‘Coerce’ Confessions, ACLU Charges

JAILHOUSE TALK

Since the 1980s, the Orange County Sheriff and DA have been paying jailhouse informants to coerce confessions from inmates, sometimes with threats of violence, the ACLU alleges.

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