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Aug 27, 2012 · A Reporter at Large. The Throwaways. By Sarah Stillman. August 27, 2012. In exchange for leniency, untrained informants are sent out to perform dangerous police operations with few legal...
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Feb 20, 2013 · On Monday, New Yorker staff writer Sarah Stillman won a George Polk Award for her eight-month investigation on the topic. Her article is called “The Throwaways,” and it’s spurred calls for...
Nov 2, 2013 · The Throwaways. Sarah Stillman • The New Yorker • August 2012. The perilous existence of confidential informants. “Informants are the foot soldiers in the government’s war on drugs. By some...
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Sep 5, 2012 · In a piece for The New Yorker, Sarah Stillman tells the stories of several young offenders who were killed while or after working as confidential police informants. Stillman, officer Brian...
The Throwaways. The perilous existence of confidential informants. Sarah Stillman on the Longform Podcast. Sarah Stillman New Yorker Aug 2012 30 min. The perilous existence of confidential informants.
The Throwaways: Police enlist young offenders as confidential informants. But the work is high-risk, largely unregulated, and sometimes fatal. School Policing and Youth. Use of Force. War on Drugs. Women and Girls. Report. Contact this Organization. Sarah Stillman – The New Yorker. Saved Resources. Share.
Sep 17, 2012 · Sarah Stillman’s article on the use of young confidential informants in the justice system and the tragic deaths of several of them raises important questions about what we think of when we...
