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The WITSEC program was formally established under Title V of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, which states that the United States Attorney General may provide for the relocation and protection of a witness or potential witness of the federal government or a state government in an official proceeding concerning organized crime or other serious offenses.
Pages in category "People who entered the United States Federal Witness Protection Program" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The United States established a formal program of witness protection, run by the U.S. Marshals Service, under the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970. Before that, witness protection had been instituted under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to protect people testifying against members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Pages in category "Witness protection" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... United States Federal Witness Protection Program
Facing mounting criticism from Republicans over a rise in violent crime, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has proposed spending $20 million on a long-neglected witness protection program for people ...
The Portsmouth Commonwealth’s Attorney made the pitch Wednesday for a fully funded witness protection program, which she said would help prosecutors secure eyewitness testimony sometimes needed ...
In 1979, Pruett was given $800, a new name (Charles "Sonny" Pearson), and placed in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program after testifying about a federal prison slaying in Atlanta, Georgia. He then began his crime spree under his alias.
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