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020			_a9781586484927
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050			_aHV 8141 _b.B812 2007
100			_aBrown, Ethan, _d-1972 _9110269
245		0	_aSnitch : _binformants, cooperators & the corruption of justice / _cEthan Brown.
260			_aNew York : _bPublicAffairs, _cc2007.
300			_axii, 273 p. : _bfacsim. _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-254) and index.
505			_aFeeding the federal beast : Giuliani day, Congress's 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 -- 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.
520			_aThe author of the hip hop cult classic "Queens Reigns Supreme" takes a chilling investigative look behind the scenes at a justice system corrupted by its own use of criminal informants. "www.alibris.com"
650			_aDrug control _zUnited States. _9110270
650			_aInformers _zUnited States _9110271
650			_aInformers _zUnited States. _9110271
650			_aLaw enforcement _zUnited States. _961507
650			_aSentences (Criminal procedure) _zUnited States. _9110272
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