O.C. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens: Poor organization, training led to mistakes with jailhouse informants
She says poor organization, not misconduct, led to jail mistakes.
By TONY SAAVEDRA / Orange County Register
Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens this week joined the county’s top prosecutor in defending the use of jailhouse informants placed in cells wired to capture recorded confessions.
“The use of jailhouse informants has proven to be very effective,” Hutchens said. “But you’ve got to be careful not to be taken by those guys. They’re pretty sophisticated.”
Hutchens, in an interview, weighed in on the legal battle over the surreptitious use of informants to question suspects after their arrest and the prosecution’s withholding of evidence retrieved from those informants. READ MORE…
