Former prosecutors seek federal probe of O.C. justice system over use of jailhouse informants

Here is link to a letter authored by Erwin Chemerinsky and signed by various defense organizations (including NACDL) and prosecutors calling for a federal investigation into alleged systemic misuse of informants and Brady violations in Orange County, California.

http://files.onset.freedom.com/ocregister/docs/Request_for_Federal_Investigation_in_Orange_County_11.17.15.pdf

The content is exceptionally disturbing.  There is substantial evidence of collusion between prosecutors and police officers to both illegal obtain evidence and hide exculpatory evidence.  There is an allegation that a special computer has been kept to detail movement of paid jailhouse informants who were positioned to obtain incriminating evidence and either paid or given reductions if they succeeded (and that data shows that this practice has been occurring for 30 years).