AUDIOBOOK Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice, Second Edition

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Reveals the secretive, inaccurate, and often violent ways that the American criminal system really worksCurtis Flowers spent twentythree years on death row for a murder he did not commit Atlanta police killed 92yearold Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home Rachel Hoffman was murdered at age twentythree while working for Florida police Such tragedies are consequences of snitching Although it is nearly invisible to the public, the massive informant market shapes the American legal system in risky and sometimes shocking ways Police rely on criminal suspects to obtain warrants, to perform surveillance, and to justify arrests Prosecutors negotiate with defendants for information and cooperation, offering to drop charges or lighten sentences in exchange In this book, Alexandra Natapoff provides a comprehensive analysis of this powerful and problematic practice She shows how informant deals generate unreliable evidence, allow serious criminals to escape punishment, endanger

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