From left: plaintiff’s co-lead counsel James Parkinson, former prosecutor and plaintiff Christopher Ross, co-lead counsel Terry Singleton and former Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach.
A former Riverside prosecutor claimed the DA’s Office retaliated against him for blowing the whistle on what he believed was the due process violations of a jailed murder suspect.
Nov. 14, after eight years and two appellate rulings, a jury ruled against him.
Christopher Ross, labeled a superstar prosecutor by many witnesses in the trial, claimed he was put on administrative leave in 2013 because he found evidence and told supervisors that showed the District Attorney’s Office