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Snitch : informants, cooperators & the corruption of justice

Title
Snitch : informants, cooperators & the corruption of justice / Ethan Brown.
ISBN
9781586484927 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1586484923 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Edition
First edition.
Published
New York : PublicAffairs, c2007.
Physical Description
xii, 273 pages ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 04, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-254) and index.
Contents
Feeding the federal beast : Giuliani day, Congress' anticrime bills, and candy bar justice
Bad to worse : snitching scandals, coddled cooperators
King Tut's third strike : the murder of Tupac, three strikes legislation and the fall of Brooklyn's most storied hustler
Line 'em up and indict 'em : the coooperator casting call that brought down Euka Wadlington
Mark's bad trip : the shaky science that led to increased penalties for ecstasy dealing and the dealer who turned cooperator because of them
The brotherhood of the bookstore : the $100,000 informant, the Thirty-fourth Street bomb plot, and the preemptive indictment brought by the feds
Jonathan Luna's last days : the rap label, the rogue cooperator, and the murdered prosecutor
Killer cooperators : the Harvey family and St. Guillen murders
Stop snitching : the barber, the corrupt cops, and the prosecutor on the frontlines of the battle over witness intimidation in Baltimore
A session with sessions : sentencing reform and snitching solutions.
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