Christopher Goffard
Christopher Goffard is an author and a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. He shared in the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s Bell coverage and has twice been a Pulitzer finalist for feature writing, in 2007 and 2014. His novel "Snitch Jacket" was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel. His book "You Will See Fire: A Search for Justice in Kenya," based on his Times series, was published in 2011.
Recent Articles
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Defendant wants D.A.'s office kicked off O.C. case, citing witness intimidation
Attorneys for a man accused in a Lake Forest assault have asked that the Orange County district attorney's office be thrown off the case, citing "a pattern of intimidation" against defense witnesses — most recently when one of the district attorney's investigators bloodied an attorney in a courthouse...
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Petition calls for arrest of D.A. investigator involved in altercation with defense attorney
An Irvine man has launched an online petition calling for the arrest and prosecution of an investigator with the Orange County district attorney's office who was involved in a confrontation at the Santa Ana courthouse. The investigator, Dillon Alley, became involved in an altercation with a defense...
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O.C. courthouse brawl between defense attorney and D.A. investigator leaves lawyer bloodied
Two weeks ago, defense attorney James Crawford won a new trial for one of his clients, a convicted killer, and proudly mounted the resulting newspaper clips on his office wall. It was another humiliation for the Orange County district attorney's office, however, which has seen case after case unravel...
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With prosecutors' blessing, a jailhouse informant tied to the Mexican Mafia gets leniency
The snitch who helped federal authorities decapitate Mexican Mafia operations within the Orange County Jail, and who is at the heart of allegations that the district attorney's office misused informants, was rewarded Friday for his cooperation with a break on potential prison time. Under California's...
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Davan Maharaj is named editor-publisher of the L.A. Times in Tribune Publishing shake-up
Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times, has been named publisher as well, part of a sweeping reorganization by the newspaper's parent company, Tribune Publishing Co.Editors at eight other Tribune papers will assume similar dual roles as editor-publishers, and many of the publishers to whom...
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New trial ordered for convicted killer after O.C. jail informant's role revealed
An Orange County Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered a new trial for a convicted killer on the grounds that authorities failed to reveal that a key witness was a regular informant, the latest fallout in an ongoing controversy involving the use of jailhouse snitches. Henry Rodriguez, 39, of...
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Apple vs. FBI: Congressman urges Comey to drop demands, 'take a deep breath'
Amid the tense standoff between the FBI and Apple, a Los Angeles congressman on Tuesday urged FBI Director James Comey to drop the demand the tech giant help the agency unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles) wrote in a letter to Comey that it should...
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Apple could give shooting victims 'closure' by hacking gunman's iPhone, lawyer says
A lawyer representing some victims of the San Bernardino terror attack said that Apple Inc. would provide his clients with "closure" if it complied with government demands and unlocked the gunman's iPhone. "Any information that can shed light on why this happened and what information was being...