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O.C. public defender who exposed jailhouse snitch scandal is retiring, but not done. LA Times, 4/03/2025
Public defender Scott Sanders, who upended OC’s legal landscape, retires after 32 years. OC Register, 3/30/2025
Judge rips into prosecutors and calls their conduct “reprehensible.” LAist, 3/6/2025
Judge hears closing arguments in 'OC Snitch Scandal' 2.0, LAist, 12/20/2024
More evidence ‘concealed’ from defense found in Paul Gentile Smith murder case. OC Register, 7/22/2024
The OC Snitch Scandal Keeps Expanding.-LAist, 10/12/2023
Could Scores of Convicted Criminals Get New Trials? Voice of OC, 9/07/2023
OC officials violated constitutional rights in jailhouse informant scandal, DOJ concludes, 10/14/2022, abc7 Eyewitness News
Forensic expert’s flawed DNA analysis leads to release of O.C. murder defendant, D.A.’s review. Los Angeles Times, 4/06/2022
An Orange County police beating from the past resurfaces amid present turmoil, LA Times, 9/13/2020
She was murdered 8 years ago, now her husband is friends with her killer’s defender. Orange County Register, 5/20/2019
DOJ Probe Confirms Santa Ana Cop Secretly Paid Career Criminal for Murder Testimony, OC Weekly, 4/17/2019
OC Attorney Accuses Sheriff of Burying Use of Force Reports, My News LA, 10/15/2018
Scott Sanders cites partying detective in new allegations against O.C. Sheriff’s Department, prosecutors, Orange County Register, 10/25/2017
Public Defender Scott Sanders Explains How He Solved OC’s Snitch Scandal, OC Weekly, 10/05/2017
Scott Sanders' Role of a Lifetime, Orange Coast Magazine, 7/13/2016
The Jaw-Dropping Police/Prosecutor Scandal in Orange County, Calif. 7/13/2015
OC Public Defender Makes Snitch Filet, OC Weekly, 3/27/2014

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Known for exposing corruption, OC public defender Scott Sanders retires. KCRW 4/02/2025
OC prosecutors, deputies violated rights in jailhouse informant scandal, DOJ says, abc 7 Eyewitness News, 10/14/22,
OC public defender accuses DA of negligence in case of sheriff's deputy allegedly mishandling evidence, abc7 Eyewitness News, 1/25/2020
Dozens of OCSD deputies mishandled, lied about booking evidence, audits find, abc7 Eyewitness News, 11/27/2019
Orange County sheriff's deputy punches drunk man repeatedly during arrest - abc7 Eyewitness News, 10/19/2018
Jailhouse Snitches – 60 Minutes, 5/21/2017
When Prosecutors Withhold Information, Innocent People Go To Prison—or Worse. Reason Magaznie, 6/28/2016
Orange County Register Snitch Tank Community Forum, OC Register, 3/02/2016
Did Orange County Law Enforcement Break Law by Using Informants, ABC7, October 22, 2015