Snitching : : Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice, Second Edition / / Alexandra Natapoff.
Reveals the secretive, inaccurate, and often violent ways that the American criminal system really worksCurtis Flowers spent twenty-three years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. Rachel Hoffman was murd...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: A Tale of Three Snitches
- 1 The Real Deal
- 2 Informant Law
- 3 Juries and Experts
- 4 Beyond Unreliable
- 5 Secret Justice
- 6 The Community Cost
- 7 How the Other Half Lives
- 8 Regulation and Reform
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author