Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drug Informants
I have been dealing with confidential informants for most of my legal career.
As a young prosecutor 25 years ago I served on a drug task force, and
I would sign informants and use them in my court cases, and sometimes
I would fire them and charge them with crimes.
As a criminal defense attorney, I wonder about their identity and sometimes
interview them and cross examine them on the witness stand. They are looked
at by our justice system as being a necessary evil. They are viewed by
jurors with suspicion and are never really trusted by law enforcement.
It takes a different sort of person to ever agree to be a drug informant.
It is dangerous work and there is a high level of unpredictability in
what the police will ask them to do. People agree to work as drug informants
for a variety of reasons, including desperation, excitement, retribution
or a sense of civic mindedness. Here is a list of the common questions
that people ask about drug informants and what they face with their line of work.
Frequently asked questions about informants:
Can a confidential informant serve on a jury in a criminal trial?
Does Spokane have a lot of paid confidential informants?
Do the feds care about the safety of confidential informants?
How do I obtain a confidential informant list?
Why do people agree to work as confidential informants?
What are the rules and requirements of being a confidential informant?
How to tell if someone is a confidential informant.
What should I do if I discovered that my lover is actually a confidential informant?
How can I make money being a confidential informant?
What is the meaning of a deactivated confidential informant?
What does a confidential informant have to do?
How do I get statements from a confidential informant?
Can I make a police report on a confidential informant?
How do confidential informants continue to commit crimes with no prosecution?