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San Francisco police use violent career criminal as informant (May 8, 2013)
BBC World Service radio program on snitching in the U.S. (Mar 29, 2013)
The Movie "SNITCH" (Feb 14, 2013)
Death of a young Washington informant inspires new legislation (Feb 5, 2013)
Jailhouse snitches pay $1000s for information (Dec 15, 2012)
Snitch-based convictions overturned in Washington (Dec 15, 2012)
Federal judge questions fairness of "substantial assistance" rules (Dec 12, 2012)
New informant legislation introduced in Texas (Nov 28, 2012)
Snitch team in Florida generates millions in forfeitures and DOJ investigation (Nov 2, 2012)
Restoration of Rights Project (Oct 24, 2012)
Texas police pressure traffic violator into drug work (Oct 17, 2012)
FOX News: slain mother was a working informant (Sep 20, 2012)
FP: Does the FBI Have an Informant Problem? (Sep 19, 2012)
More on young informants (Sep 7, 2012)
New Yorker story on young informants (Aug 29, 2012)
An alternative to snitching for juvenile drug offenders? (Jul 30, 2012)
NYT Magazine on the complexity of snitching (Jun 29, 2012)
Radio interview: Law & Disorder, WBAI-New York (May 14, 2012)
In the news: released jailhouse informant accused in new murder (May 14, 2012)
Law review article on Rachel's Law (May 14, 2012)
In the news: Seattle ATF informant with history of crime against women (May 14, 2012)
Impact of 'Rachel's Law' on informant use (May 14, 2012)
Miami New Times series on juvenile informant (Mar 23, 2012)
The way it's supposed to work: organizational informants (Mar 7, 2012)
Professor Bret Asbury on "stop snitching" (Feb 22, 2012)
FOX News story on informants in Boston (Feb 8, 2012)
Tallahassee agrees to pay $2.6 million in informant Rachel Hoffman's death (Jan 27, 2012)
Washington state family sues police for the murder of their informant son (Jan 24, 2012)
Mexican cartel informant testifies in Texas (Jan 24, 2012)
Reuters criticizes leniency for insider trading informant (Jan 23, 2012)
Detroit teen killed after becoming an informant (Jan 11, 2012)
Supreme Court begins debating informant unreliability (Jan 9, 2012)
SNITCHING.ORG EXPANDS TO NEW RESOURCE WEBSITE (Nov 11, 2011)
NYT: Numerous Mexican drug informants benefit U.S. law enforcement (Oct 26, 2011)
Congressman Lynch introduces informant legislation (Oct 21, 2011)
MS-13 informant convicted of lying to prosecutors (Oct 13, 2011)
9th Circuit clarifies DEA disclosure obligations under FOIA (Oct 13, 2011)
Not "simply a thank-you": another snitch-based exoneration in Los Angeles (Oct 3, 2011)
Mother Jones article on FBI terrorism informants (Sep 29, 2011)
New York officers sued for failing to protect informant (Sep 16, 2011)
Court considers orthodox jewish rule against informing (Sep 16, 2011)
9th Circuit reverses death penalty because of lying informant (Sep 8, 2011)
Two films on domestic terrorism to air on PBS this week (Sep 6, 2011)
Report: Confidential Informants in New Jersey (Aug 2, 2011)
California passes jailhouse informant corroboration law (Aug 2, 2011)
Omaha murder trial sheds light on FBI criminal informants (Jun 16, 2011)
St. Petersburg police to review informant policies after officer scandal (Jun 15, 2011)
Reason Magazine special issue on the criminal system (Jun 15, 2011)
New documentary on domestic terrorism at NY and DC film festivals (Jun 13, 2011)
NYU Law School report criticizes use of domestic terrorism informants (May 19, 2011)
New report on informants in Mississippi's criminal justice system (May 19, 2011)
MIT Professor Gary Marx reviews "Snitching" (May 11, 2011)
9th Circuit upholds use of jailhouse snitch in sting operation (May 11, 2011)
Maryland High Court on "Snitches Get Stitches" on MySpace (May 4, 2011)
A Rat's Life: MS-13 Snitches Run Wild (Apr 28, 2011)
New Yorker article on out-of-control FBI informant (Apr 27, 2011)
First official boss of a NY crime family cooperates with FBI (Apr 13, 2011)
Young informant killed and mother sues (Apr 13, 2011)
Los Angeles jury convicts British man based on jailhouse informant (Mar 16, 2011)
San Francisco to review snitch policy (Mar 9, 2011)
New article: "The Terrorist Informant" (Mar 8, 2011)
Bump Bump Bump (Mar 8, 2011)
"Secret Justice" article (Feb 16, 2011)
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: punished for not snitching? (Feb 16, 2011)
Bad language (Feb 11, 2011)
So what is wrong with the 'System' (Jan 31, 2011)
"You can't trust cops!" (Jan 20, 2011)
'Stop Snitching' in the UK (Jan 19, 2011)
Contract killer avoids death penalty by cooperating (Jan 14, 2011)
Why does 'snitching' get such a bad rap? (Jan 14, 2011)
Challenge to Texas death penalty (Jan 12, 2011)
Harris County, TX offering jailhouse snitches $5000 (Jan 12, 2011)
Guest blogger John Buckley (Jan 10, 2011)
Welcome to John Buckley (Jan 7, 2011)
Comments (Jan 2, 2011)
Washington State introduces exciting new legislation (Jan 1, 2011)
Afghan drug lord was paid CIA and DEA informant (Dec 11, 2010)
Ninth Circuit overturns murder conviction based on perjured informant testimony (Dec 1, 2010)
The debate over domestic terrorism informants (Nov 23, 2010)
FOX on the informant market (Nov 23, 2010)
David Headley: another drug/terrorism informant works both sides (Nov 9, 2010)
Thanks to Eric Miller (Nov 3, 2010)
Farewell Post (Nov 2, 2010)
Video-Taping Policing (Oct 26, 2010)
Mandatory Time Off for Informants in Protective Custody? (Oct 19, 2010)
Huffington Post on the Rachel Hoffman Story (Oct 19, 2010)
"America's most successful stop snitchin' campaign" (Oct 19, 2010)
Police as Snitches (Oct 15, 2010)
Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (Oct 12, 2010)
Snitching Study (Oct 9, 2010)
Massachusetts Supreme Court disapproves of prosecutorial rewards to witnesses (Oct 5, 2010)
Texas requires corroboration for informant witnesses (Oct 4, 2010)
Welcome to Professor Eric Miller (Oct 3, 2010)
Guest Blogger Professor Eric J. Miller (Oct 3, 2010)
A rare rebuke to the government (Oct 1, 2010)
What goes around: violent snitch sentenced for shooting witness (Sep 30, 2010)
Young informant commits suicide (Sep 24, 2010)
Motion to Preclude Creation of Snitch Testimony (Sep 21, 2010)
Thanks to Michael Rich (Sep 3, 2010)
Thank you (Aug 31, 2010)
Jailhouse snitches for the defense (Aug 31, 2010)
Using informants to ID gang members (and other secondary uses of informants) (Aug 30, 2010)
The (monetary) costs of informant use (Aug 26, 2010)
Rewarding illegal informant activity -- a German example (Aug 24, 2010)
The power of labels (Aug 20, 2010)
Interesting effort to preempt jailhouse snitching (Aug 18, 2010)
Tailoring solutions to informant problems (Aug 17, 2010)
Informant lawsuit against FBI offers window into messy world of anti-terrorism (Aug 13, 2010)
Judged by the company you keep (Aug 12, 2010)
The limited value of police policies on informant use (Aug 9, 2010)
The Wikileaks informants (Aug 4, 2010)
Rich on "stop snitching" (Jul 30, 2010)
Guest blogger Professor Michael Rich (Jul 30, 2010)
Huffington Post on the dangers of being a snitch (Jul 27, 2010)
Another jailhouse snitch drives a homicide investigation (Jul 18, 2010)
"It's a matter of trust": Philly Inquirer editorial on citizen cooperation (Jul 16, 2010)
Federal witness killed after lawyer allegedly leaks his name (Jun 25, 2010)
Important pending legislation in New York (Jun 22, 2010)
"Three will set you free" (Jun 15, 2010)
More developments in Philly's struggle with witness intimidation (Jun 14, 2010)
At least five imprisoned based on lying drug informant (Jun 11, 2010)
MySpace anti-snitch comment treated as threat (Jun 8, 2010)
Snitches bolster weak cases (Jun 8, 2010)
Attorney General Holder memo on prosecutorial charging decisions (Jun 1, 2010)
Cycling world grapples with "snitching" (May 24, 2010)
Shooting victim testifies in Philly (May 24, 2010)
Do jurors ignore informant rewards? (May 17, 2010)
Primetime: U.S. customs authorizes informant to import cocaine (May 10, 2010)
Violent robber-snitch formed new home invasion gang (May 10, 2010)
Book wins ABA Gavel Award (May 1, 2010)
48 Hours report on killer FBI informant (Apr 28, 2010)
Snitches killing snitches (Apr 26, 2010)
Jury finds police violated victim's rights by using false "snitch" label (Apr 19, 2010)
On break (Mar 30, 2010)
"Snitch-jacketing" (Mar 29, 2010)
Prison rape (Mar 20, 2010)
More on the Spokane convictions (Mar 18, 2010)
Even jurors were worried about informant reliability (Mar 14, 2010)
The tangled web of informant and handler (Mar 12, 2010)
Guest blogging at the Washington Post (Mar 4, 2010)
Zocalo video interview (Mar 4, 2010)
Appearing in Baltimore this weekend (Feb 18, 2010)
Gregory Taylor exonerated by North Carolina innocence commission (Feb 18, 2010)
Another wrongful conviction in the making? (Feb 17, 2010)
"Used, Abused and Tossed": informants and immigration (Feb 15, 2010)
NPR series on "House of Death" informant (Feb 11, 2010)
The criminal informant model spreads to the SEC (Feb 7, 2010)
Reform efforts in Texas and elsewhere (Feb 3, 2010)
Police raids and imaginary informants (Jan 29, 2010)
C-SPAN2 Book TV (Jan 27, 2010)
The Page 99 Test (Jan 27, 2010)
"The Forfeiture Racket" (Jan 27, 2010)
On the air in the Bay Area (Jan 19, 2010)
New developments in federal witness intimidation legislation (Jan 14, 2010)
Patt Morrison Show and L.A. Times investigative reporter Ted Rohrlich (Jan 13, 2010)
London police resist disclosing snitch payments (Jan 7, 2010)
New Jersey Record: Right-wing radio host was an FBI informant (Jan 6, 2010)
Afghan suicide bomber was informant-double-agent (Jan 6, 2010)
Lawyer-informant wears wire to record inmate (Jan 6, 2010)
FBI informants infiltrating Muslim communities (Dec 23, 2009)
More radio interviews (Dec 17, 2009)
A witness intimidation crisis in Philadelphia (Dec 15, 2009)
IRS expands use of informants (Dec 14, 2009)
On the air: Leonard Lopate & Joey Reynolds (Nov 30, 2009)
Infamous "fake-drug scandal" informant re-convicted in Dallas (Nov 30, 2009)
Fernando Bermudez exonerated--informant found to have lied (Nov 23, 2009)
Book is out & media appearances (Nov 23, 2009)
Recruiting new informants (Nov 10, 2009)
Supreme Court hears case on prosecutorial immunity (Nov 9, 2009)
Federal rewards for prison snitches (Nov 8, 2009)
American Law Institute withdraws code section on death penalty (Nov 3, 2009)
Yet another snitch exoneration (Oct 30, 2009)
Life imitating art imitating life... (Oct 29, 2009)
"ICE agents mishandle informants" (Oct 27, 2009)
Of Insider-Trading, Informants,and Wiretaps (Oct 21, 2009)
Big Picture: adjusting the war on drugs? (Oct 20, 2009)
More fallout from the Jack Abramoff investigation (Oct 16, 2009)
"Snitch and you're a dead man" (Oct 12, 2009)
Huffington Post on jailhouse snitches and exonerations (Oct 12, 2009)
British "stop snitching" rap song on YouTube leads to convictions (Oct 7, 2009)
Derrion Albert's death, "Stop Snitching," and people's reluctance to talk to police (Oct 1, 2009)
Witness intimidation, secrecy, and the right to a fair trial (Sep 25, 2009)
Movie Review--The Informant (Sep 21, 2009)
Florida's "Rachel's Law" offers some protection to informants (Sep 17, 2009)
Judge finds prosecutorial misconduct in permitting false informant testimony (Sep 11, 2009)
Afghan airstrike triggered by single informant (Sep 7, 2009)
New Yorker Article--Of Experts and Snitches (Sep 3, 2009)
New ABA opinion on prosecutorial duty to disclose information (Aug 26, 2009)
No Special Treatment for Madoff Cooperator (Aug 24, 2009)
Police Internally Split on Confidentiality Issue (Aug 19, 2009)
Thank You to Other Bloggers (Aug 19, 2009)
Committing Crime While Working for the Government (Aug 18, 2009)
Troy Davis Gets a Hearing--Recantation Redux (Aug 18, 2009)
RSS Feed now available (Aug 17, 2009)
RSS Feed (Aug 17, 2009)
Informants Killing Informants (Aug 14, 2009)
In the News--Recantation (Aug 13, 2009)
Pleading Guilty versus Going to Trial (Aug 12, 2009)
Professional Prison Snitch Ring (Aug 11, 2009)
Welcome to Snitching Blog (Aug 11, 2009)

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