Sanders has worked in the Orange County Public Defender 's office since the 1990s . Sanders has handled several high profile cases in the office . He was appointed to represent Scott Dekraai who was accused of killing eight people in the 2011 Seal Beach shooting . During the course of representing Dekraii , Sanders uncovered that prosecutors from the Orange County District Attorney 's Office and law enforcement agencies used jailhouse informants to build their cases against defendants , but they would withhold that evidence from defense attorneys . He learned that informants received reduced sentences or cash for getting other defendants to reveal incriminating evidence
2011 Seal Beach shooting
2011 Seal Beach shooting
Scott Sanders (attorney)