Guillen

On September 14, 2006, John Derek Chamberlain was arrested for possession of child pornography. Twenty-one days later, inmates in Theo Lacy jail in the City of Orange (TLJ) beat Chamberlain to death because they believed he was a child molester. As waves of inmates hit, kicked, stomped, and did other abhorrent things to Chamberlain over the course of about 30 minutes, three Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) personnel sat in an enclosed guard station approximately 68 feet away. Chamberlain suffered injuries consistent with a high-velocity car accident, including fractures to 21 of his 24 ribs. OCSD was the lead investigating agency and interviewed hundreds of people. After the investigation, Orange County Grand Jury (Grand Jury) proceedings were convened and Grand Jury indictments were returned. As a result of the Grand Jury proceedings, the Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) issued an investigative report (the DA Report) and eventually filed a consolidated and amended information.

A jury convicted Miguel Angel Guillen, Jared Louis Petrovich, Garrett Eugene Aguilar, Stephen Paul Carlstrom, Jr., and Raul Villafana of second degree murder of Chamberlain. We…