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Drug War Chronicle, Issue #496 -- 8/3/07
Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@drcnet.org
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496

A Publication of Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)
David Borden, Executive Director, borden@drcnet.org
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"

Table of Contents:

1. FEATURE: SNITCHING IN THE SPOTLIGHT -- HOUSE COMMITTEE HOLDS
HEARING ON INFORMANT ABUSES
When Atlanta narcotics officers shot and killed 92-year-old
Kathryn Johnston last November after falsely telling a
magistrate an informant had named her address as a drug
hot-spot, they opened a window on a very shady part of the
American criminal justice system. Now, Congress has taken a look
and some key members are ready to rein in the snitch system.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/house_judiciary_committee_hearing_on_con...