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SANTA ANA, Calif. — Results of a grand jury investigation released Monday show that an Orange County sheriff’s deputy watched the TV show “Cops” and sent 22 personal text messages while jail inmates beat a fellow prisoner to death.
The findings were compiled in a report released by District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, who told reporters the jail probe found “institutionalized laziness.” He has said, however, that the grand jury could not find criminal negligence among jail staff.
Nine inmates have been charged with John Derek Chamberlain’s murder on Oct. 5, 2006. No deputies were charged, but several high-ranking officials left the sheriff’s department this year after the jail investigation concluded.
