Former assistant public defender says dozens of old criminal cases should be re-examined to determine whether defendants were ...

Two OC Superior Court Judges have faced criminal charges in the last two years, while a host of others have quietly sidestepped questions or lawsuits around their ethics.

Israel Claustro’s state law license was reactivated after he resigned from the bench and pleaded guilty to mail fraud this ...

Orange County Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro is expected to plead guilty Monday to workers’ compensation fraud. Claustro, 50, signed his plea agreement Wednesday and is expected to enter the ...

A former veteran Orange County Superior Court judge who pulled a pistol from his ankle holster and fatally shot his wife during a heated argument at the couple’s Anaheim Hill’s home received a life ...