By R. SCOTT MOXLEY , OC Weekly Despite competing tasks, Orange County prosecutors and public defenders routinely engage in cordial backslapping. They’ll chat about their… Read More »OCDA Says You Have the Right to Self-Incrimination
By Matt Coker OCWeekly A plan by Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens to relieve jail overcrowding by sending some felons home with electronic monitoring devices… Read More »Sheriff Sandra Hutchens’ Plan to Monitor Non-violent Felons Gets the Silent Treatment
By R. Scott Moxley (OCWeekly) Orange County’s suburban juries are often dominated by unswerving, pro-cop biases, so District Attorney Tony Rackauckas had to be careful… Read More »Jury Begins Kelly Thomas Deliberations; DA Calls Police Violence “Unconscionable”
By Matt Coker (OC Weekly) Irvine Police detectives are dealing with an unusual case: a kidnapping where two men impersonated police officers and threatened a… Read More »Fake Cops and Utility Reps in Irvine, Anaheim and Santa Ana Have Something in Common
By R. Scott Moxley OC Weekly Tony Rackauckas’ Orange County District Attorney’s office didn’t just battle two feisty defense lawyers yesterday during opening statements in… Read More »DA Tony Rackauckas Battles Cops In Court & Opens Second Front Against News Media
By Gabriel San Roman OC Weekly Last night, Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) Commander Tammy Franks and Assistant District Attorney Tracy Rinauro talked to a… Read More »Is Another Gang Injunction in the Works for Santa Ana?