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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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1 results foundAuthor: Justice Project Title: Jailhouse Snitch Testimony: A Policy Review Summary: This report offers recommendations and solutions for improving the standards of admissibility of in-custody informant or "snitch testimony." The review includes an overview of current snitch testimony laws, case studies, information about states and jurisdictions that have enacted successful methods for safeguarding against perjured testimony, voices of support, model policy, and key statistics. The review notes that by improving standards for admissibility of jailhouse informant evidence at trial, states can help ensure that finders of fact are able to make more informed decisions when life and death are at stake. The Justice Project's key policy recommendations for states considering snitch testimony reform include: -Written pretrial disclosures of witness compensation arrangements and other information bearing on witness credibility -Pretrial hearings on the reliability of a particular informant's testimony -A requirement that accomplice or in-custody informant testimony be corroborated -Cautionary jury instructions alerting the jury to the reliability issues presented by snitch testimony Details: Washington, DC: The Justice Project, 2013. 27p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 7, 2015 at: http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/legacy/uploadedfiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/reports/death_penalty_reform/Jailhouse20snitch20testimony20policy20briefpdf.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/legacy/uploadedfiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/reports/death_penalty_reform/Jailhouse20snitch20testimony20policy20briefpdf.pdf Shelf Number: 135177 Keywords: InformantsJailhouse SnitchesPrison Informants |