A judge this week ordered the release of a man who has spent the last 41 years in prison in a case marked by prosecutorial misconduct, the latest fallout in the long-running Orange County “jailhouse snitch” scandal.
Guy Scott, who’s now 69 with gray hair and a wiry mustache, wiped away tears and pressed his hands together in gratitude as the judge announced that he would reduce the charges against Scott from murder to manslaughter. That means Scott, who was patched into the O.C. courtroom via teleconference from Corcoran state prison, has more than served his sentence and will be released in the coming days.
“This is a true second chance,” said Scott Sanders, the man’s lawyer…