Retired Fourth District Court of Appeal Justice Thomas Goethals said Friday he will always remember the day he came to work more than a decade ago and was met with a voluminous motion that would not ...

Scott Sanders, a longtime Orange County public defender, changed local history in 2013, when he told a judge about evidence ...

A passionate advocate for those accused of heinous killings, Sanders has earned praise for his methodical work to expose ...

Scott Sanders, who shook up the Orange County justice system by challenging the use of jailhouse informants and unearthing a scandal that has impacted dozens of cases — including that of the worst ...

Civil rights activists say the department has made substantial reforms to prevent any further illegal use of informants.

Goethals is the rare jurist to have prosecuted, defended and presided over death penalty cases during a decades-long career.

Dekraai pleaded guilty in the October 2011 killing of eight people at a Seal Beach hair salon. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) DA: ‘He’s made the system better ...

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has been ordered to release data related to accusations of racial bias, in a ...