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In Plain Sight: Created by David Maples. With Mary McCormack, Frederick Weller, Paul Ben-Victor, Nichole Hiltz. U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life.
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In Plain Sight is an American drama television series that premiered on the USA Network on June 1, 2008. The series revolves around Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack), a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program, more commonly known as WITSEC.
Jan 24, 2022 · Annie Murphy is riding a wave of success after Schitt's Creek and Kevin Can F Himself. Here's what we know about her next upcoming project, Witness Protection.
Season 1. When a witness comes forward to testify against the worst-of-the-worst criminals, the U.S. Marshals are called in to protect them before and after they testify - helping them transition into the anonymous safety of the Witness Protection Program.
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- The witness protection program used to provide plastic surgery for witnesses. To entice mobster Aladena Fratianno to testify in the late 1970s, the program paid for his wife’s surgery, including breast implants and a facelift.
- The Witness Protection Program is officially known as the Witness Security Program, or WITSEC. WITSEC is run not by the FBI, but by the U.S. Marshals Service.
- The Witness Protection Program began as a result of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970. In part, the Act said that the government would protect witnesses.
- WITSEC was founded by Gerald Shur. Shur worked for the Justice Department at the time; he was the head of the Witness Security Program for around 25 years and was instrumental in turning it into what it is today.
Sep 27, 2023 · Siobhan Finneran leads an impressive cast in Protection, a "suspenseful conspiracy thriller". ITV's six-part series will delve into the murky and complex police protection programme, to find a world of maximum secrecy and false identities, where you can’t trust your own colleagues.
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Jun 1, 2008 · In order to survive, Lincoln Swift must take his family into witness protection and give evidence against his former employer, vicious crime boss Nils Vandenberg. With new names and fresh identities, the Swifts are ripped from their Gold Coast home and dumped in Western Sydney.
