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What solutions exist for witness intimidation on both sides in criminal cases?

Catching up on my newspaper and blog reading this morning, I ran across two high-profile stories from outside of Texas on the subject of witness intimidation that deserve Grits readers attention:By Criminals: From the Philadelphia Inquirer, there's a must-read series titled "Witnesses fear reprisal and cases crumble." According to this report, "Witness intimidation pervades the Philadelphia criminal courts, increasingly extracting a heavy toll in no-show witnesses, recanted testimony - and collapsed cases." A former prosecutor sums up the problem with this statement: "When people would ask me if I could guarantee their safety, I would say, 'Unfortunately, I cannot.'" (Just a taste of a massive series, btw, the whole thing is well worth a read...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 22, 2009 (boomark / email).