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Nov 10, 2020 · The impact of informant testimony on jurors’ decisions is discussed in terms of truth-default theory (TDT), the fundamental attribution error and prosecutorial vouching. Key words: jailhouse informant, cooperating witness, truth-default theory, secondary confessions. In the Nassau County Courthouse on 12 November 1986, Samuel Newsome took the ...
Feb 14, 2019 · The prosecutor knew the snitch had lied but did nothing about it. Eventually, the prosecutor fessed up, and the two men were released. These real life examples of wrongful convictions show the disturbing problem with lying incentivized witnesses.
Sep 15, 2022 · The incident became known as the “snitch scandal” and has continued to plague the OCDA. OCDA prosecutor Tony Rackauckas dropped murder charges three times in 2014 after he was accused of hiding his jailhouse snitch’s information from defendants.
Dec 4, 2019 · The Center on Wrongful Convictions at the Northwestern University School of Law releases a report titled “The Snitch System,” which documents the toll of false informant testimony. The report...
Jul 13, 2016 · Jailhouse snitch testimony is arguably the single most unreliable type of evidence currently used in criminal trials. Article: Abolishing Jailhouse Snitch Testimony, 49 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1375. Criminal informants, or “snitches,” play a prominent role in this wrongful conviction phenomenon.
Jun 11, 2024 · An Orange County judge is facing pointed questions about how a murder case was handled back when he was a prosecutor, including the disclosure of the use of so-called jailhouse snitches.
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Oct 12, 2023 · O.C.'s snitch scandal, a recap. The official misconduct uncovered in the Dekraai murder case, which has been confirmed by courts, internal investigations and the Department of Justice, was...
