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Orange County Sheriff's Duputies Lied Under Oath

By Dr. Michael Blankenship

They lied, they changed their stories and they compared notes even after being ordered not to by a special Orange County grand jury investigating a deadly beating at Theo Lacy Jail, the testimony shows.During 45 days of grand jury prodding, members of the Sheriff's Department repeatedly hindered the probe, according to thousands of pages of transcripts made public last week. Then-Sheriff Michael S. Carona refused to answer a single question, including whether he was the county's sheriff the day John Derek Chamberlain was killed by other inmates.Read more...The saga continues. The question for all citizens is how can we have confidence in the criminal justice system when such terrible acts occur?

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on April 13, 2008 (boomark / email).