ADVERTISEMENTLOS ANGELES ― The U.S. Department of Justice’s civil investigation into a tainted jailhouse informant program in Orange County, California has officially begun. The DOJ is examining allegations of misconduct against county prosecutors and sheriff’s deputies accused of using jailhouse informants to gather incriminating statements from inmates in county jail and then covering it up. The shifting priorities have raised some concerns about the future of the Orange County investigation, but DOJ spokesman Mark Abueg told The Huffington Post the probe remains ongoing. But Tarik Adlai, Salas’ appellate lawyer, argues Salas didn’t get that information through a confession from Salas. Also unbeknownst to Salas’ defense, Horning had suffered permanent brain damage as the result of a car accident.

Source: Huffington Post March 03, 2017 21:55 UTC