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Bovell recorded fellow Officer John Campo who admitted that he helped an informant continue to sell drugs in exchange for help arresting low-level buyers. This is exactly backwards: protecting big fish dealers who turn in their little fish users.  From the article:     \"Campo's claim that he personally safeguarded the drug "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/7684132504425242994"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/7684132504425242994"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2020\/06\/recordings-of-police-who-helped.html","title":"Recordings of police who helped informants sell drugs"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A. 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Twenty-five years later, the Conviction Integrity Unit of the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in Detroit moved to vacate his conviction and he was released in February of this year.  Story from The New Republic here: He Was Wrongly Imprisoned for 25 Years. It "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/7944979580446381478"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/7944979580446381478"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2020\/04\/jailhouse-snitch-exoneration-in-detroit.html","title":"Jailhouse snitch exoneration in Detroit"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A. 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She zeroes in on Paul Skalnik, a prolific and stunningly unreliable informant who escaped punishment for many of his own crimes, including child molestation.  The first piece is entitled How This Con Man’s Wild Testimony Sent Dozens to Jail, and 4 to Death Row, and was jointly "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/4348701729444045741"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/4348701729444045741"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2020\/04\/eye-opening-series-on-jailhouse.html","title":"Eye-opening series on jailhouse informants in ProPublica\/NYT"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A. 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This measure will help improve transparency and weed out false statements from inmates who expect leniency or other benefits for their cooperation.Each prosecutor's office in the state will be required to maintain a record of the substance and use of "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/5709293532893120941"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/5709293532893120941"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2019\/07\/connecticut-adopts-nations-first.html","title":"Connecticut Adopts Nation’s First Statewide System to Track Jailhouse Witnesses"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Michelle Feldman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10213218514870196758"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540967177939538159.post-3489842870664377737"},"published":{"$t":"2019-06-13T19:16:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-06-13T19:16:44.841-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nebraska passes jailhouse informant reform"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"The new law, signed in April, requires stronger disclosures, tracking of jailhouse informants, and notifications to victims if an informant who harmed them receives leniency.  The law is here, and the Innocence Project wrote about the problem here.  Prior post here."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/3489842870664377737"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/3489842870664377737"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2019\/06\/nebraska-passes-jailhouse-informant.html","title":"Nebraska passes jailhouse informant reform"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A. 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St. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2019).  Here is the abstract:  \n\n\n  With the advent of DNA exonerations, the data would indicate that many individuals have been wrongly convicted. In looking at the causes "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/8678377218255960879"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/8678377218255960879"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2018\/12\/professor-robert-bloom-on-jailhouse.html","title":"Professor Robert Bloom on jailhouse informant expert testimony"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A. 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The Illinois Innocence Project and the national Innocence Project supported the law, which was authored by Senator Michael Hastings (D-Tinley Park) and Rep. Art Turner (D-Chicago).  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'Now every stabbing becomes suspect,' said "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/8400941078365304276"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/8400941078365304276"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2018\/11\/georgia-prison-official-loses-his-job.html","title":"Georgia prison official loses his job for objecting to informant program"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A. 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Natapoff"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11450113400059853733"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540967177939538159.post-7256104312981543242"},"published":{"$t":"2018-08-30T13:02:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-08-30T13:10:43.724-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Guest blogger"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Jailhouse Informants"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Legislation"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Illinois Governor Makes Disappointing Move on Jailhouse Informant Law"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Last month, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed Senate Bill 1830, a protection against wrongful convictions based on unreliable jailhouse informant testimony, despite the bill passing the legislature with bipartisan support. There will likely be an opportunity for the legislature to override the veto in November.\n\nIn Illinois, jailhouse informants have played\na role in 17 wrongful convictions "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/7256104312981543242"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/7256104312981543242"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2018\/08\/illinois-governor-makes-disappointing.html","title":"Illinois Governor Makes Disappointing Move on Jailhouse Informant Law"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Michelle Feldman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10213218514870196758"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540967177939538159.post-6213010689039008543"},"published":{"$t":"2018-08-23T11:16:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-08-23T11:56:08.647-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dynamics of Snitching"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"White Collar"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"President Trump gets snitching backwards"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"President Trump has attacked \"flipping\" and cooperation, saying that \"it should almost be illegal,\" according to the New York Times.  Reacting to his lawyer Michael Cohen's plea deal, Trump says “I know all about flipping. For 30, 40 years I have been watching flippers. . . . I have seen it many times. I have had many friends involved in this stuff.”\n\nThe irony is that Trump is attacking "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/6213010689039008543"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/6213010689039008543"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2018\/08\/president-trump-gets-snitching-backwards.html","title":"President Trump gets snitching backwards"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A. 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Martuscello, in which the court held that prison officials violated an inmate's First Amendment rights when they tried to coerce him into being an informant.  Writing that \"compelled speech presents a unique affront to personal dignity,\" the court decided that prison officials acted unconstitutionally when they placed "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/2132801168439684723"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/2132801168439684723"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2018\/08\/prisoners-have-first-amendment-right.html","title":"Prisoners have a First Amendment right not to snitch"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A. 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"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/4188729100555167600"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/4188729100555167600"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2018\/07\/snitches-snitching-on-snitches.html","title":"Snitches snitching on snitches"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A. 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Now Senate Bill 1830 is awaiting action by the governor.\n\nIllinois has been on the forefront of safeguarding against wrongful convictions "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/1515948460638652893"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/1515948460638652893"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2018\/05\/illinois-legislature-passes-new.html","title":"Illinois legislature passes new informant reform"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Michelle Feldman"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10213218514870196758"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540967177939538159.post-7004727749698204567"},"published":{"$t":"2018-05-23T10:59:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-05-23T10:59:59.888-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Guest blogger"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Innocence"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Welcome legislative blogger Michelle Feldman"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I am happy to announce that Michelle Feldman is joining the blog as co-curator of the legislation section.  Feldman is the Legislative Strategist at the Innocence Project and has been involved in numerous informant reform efforts across the country.  She is highly knowledgeable and will bring expertise and up-to-date insight to the blog.  We are lucky to have her!"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/7004727749698204567"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4540967177939538159\/posts\/default\/7004727749698204567"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.snitching.org\/2018\/05\/welcome-legislative-blogger-michelle.html","title":"Welcome legislative blogger Michelle Feldman"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A. 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