The jury may then take their statements seriously and as indicative of the suspects guilt. When these informants are made to testify against the person, there is no guarantee that their statements are true but they influence the jury who has no idea of how much they were paid or what benefit they are gaining from their testimony. The suspect, if they talk, can then have their statements used against them in a court of law allowing the prosecution to build their case despite the fact that the suspect has not been read their Miranda Rights nor have they agreed to speak to the prosecutors. These informants get the suspect to discuss the details of a case and ask leading questions to get the types of answers they want. Oftentimes, these confidential informants are placed in holding cells or jail cells with the suspect and are asked to get information from the suspect regarding the case at hand. You read correctly, the informant was paid almost $300,000 dollars for snitching on their associates! The kind of people these confidential informants are snitching on aren’t the kind who will easily forget being betrayed, so by snitching, these confidential informants are putting their own lives in danger.
ADDITIONAL OPERATING EXPENSES: $32,400.00 (HOUSING).ADDITIONAL OPERATING EXPENSES: $10,590.00 (VEHICLE REPAIRS).
Unfortunately, the total dollar amount that federal informants are given is not public, but just as an example, the following snitch funds (federal taxpayer monies) were paid to an actual federal confidential informant, not in custody: These confidential informants can also work for monetary gain, and are paid based on what the federal government thinks is equal to the value of the information provided. Many informants work for the federal government in order to avoid charges for their own heinous crimes or to lessen the time they spend incarcerated for their crimes. With the help of these informants it becomes possible for agents and prosecutors to understand the many parts that constitute large conspiracies and attempt to dismantle them. Most federal confidential informants are registered with a federal agency.
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