Informant

telling the story about Blondes time in prison. Orange tries to backtrack but to no avail that makes Eddie angrier and he shoots the kidnapped cop three times killing him. The leader of the heist, Joe, arrives and informs the group of the Mr. Blues’ death and saying without a doubt that Orange is a police informant. This final nail causes all the men to turn on each other and in the end, Eddie and Joe are dead, White is severely injured and Orange is gravely injured. Pink escaped with the loot due to him hiding when the shooting began and whist Orange was dying White held him in his arms. Orange finally tells White that he is, in fact, a policeman which completely breaks White. This leads to White pointing his gun at Oranges head and as the cops bust in, commanding him to put it down. He refuses the order and shoots Orange which in turn causes the cops to shoot White as the movie…

widely thought that popular people, celebrities or those with special needs receive preferential treatment. Whitey Bulger is an exception to these groups. The FBI gave him special treatment to conduct crime in any manner or form he wanted in and around the Boston area, in exchange for crucial information. This is not the true definition of an FBI informant as Bulger was given cart blanche in criminal activity. At the time it seemed like a fair trade, but they had no idea that a small time mob…

Introduction In documentary film Confidential Informants (2010), insight is provided on law enforcement agencies use of confidential informants infamously known in the community as “snitches,” “narcs,” “rats,” and “squealers.” The use of confidential informants in criminal cases is vital to law enforcement agencies. Confidential informants are individuals that provide “vital information to police or the prosecutor about alleged criminal activity conducted by a specific person or group of…

Confidential Informants are not limited to crimes on the street. They can also be used in jails and prisons. “By definition, a jailhouse informant is an inmate, usually awaiting trial or sentencing, who claims to have been the recipient of an admission made by another prisoner awaiting trial, and who agrees to testify against that prisoner in a court of law, usually in exchange for some benefit.” (Genua) Which is quite different to that of a prison informant. “A prison informant, in contrast to…

Law enforcement use: Currently, law enforcement has the power to use a great amount of discretion when dealing with incentivized criminal informants. In the majority of cases involving law enforcement discretion it is for example an individual being caught selling a small amount of drugs but law enforcement offers to let them go without any charges if they give up the name and location of the bigger dealer. The idea behind this is understandable, but it leads to wrongful convictions. The…

This is an example of informant testimony, where a person provides privileged information to law enforcement or in a courtroom, and as appalling as it is this is used often in the criminal justice system. In 15% of wrongfully conviction cases overturned by DNA evidence, incentivized informant testimony played a factor in the initial wrongful conviction.…

light, which is the use of Jailhouse informants and questions as to whether the use of such practices is in violation of the Fifth and Sixth Amendment right to council. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office along with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department have been under heavy scrutiny lately over allegations of evidence obtained in their use of jailhouse informants in criminal trials is a violation of the accused’s right to due process. This has led to the Department of Justice being…

The documentary that we watched as a class was very eye opening to some of the facts on informants. It leads us to believe that informants are only in it for money. To an extent that is true, lots of informants are not giving credible information any more. They are just looking for a to live comfortable and not in prison. I think that informants use to be reliable, because they were afraid of ether the person they were informing on or for the sake of their families. I think that informants now…

Key Informant (KI) is number one 40 years old Register Nurse from Palmetto General Hospital who work in 7th floor Women’s Health. She was Cuban émigré and for last ten years lived in Hialeah. She is married and native language is Spanish. Bachelors of Science in Nursing one year ago. During the interview series questions was asked about community. Key Information two is a 30-year-old white Cuban American female receptionist from. The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program in Hialeah. She…

while pretending to be the student. The person who takes the quiz as if they are the student is called the informant. After the student and the informant take the tests, the student records the scores into a spreadsheet. After all the tests are complete, a statistical correlation between the student’s score and the informant’s score is done. Since the informant is suppose to be someone who knows the student well you would think that the scores would match up and both the student and the…