Scott Sanders

Scott Loren Sanders (born October 6, 1966) is an American criminal defense lawyer and an advocate for both criminal justice and police reform. Early life and education Sanders grew up in the Chicago, Illinois area. He went on to receive an undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin and attended Emory University School of Law in Atlanta. Legal career Sanders has worked in the Orange County Public Defender's office since the 1990s. Sanders has handled several high profile cases in the office. Jail house informant scandal 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.