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Life of a Supersnitch: Kill 20 people, rat out your boss, get $20K

By Gritsforbreakfast

Here's a classically disturbing informant story for you: Kill 20 people, rat out your boss, then get $20K from the taxpayers after you finish your 12-year prison stint. ("US paid hit man $20,000 on release," Boston Globe Jan. 16)This is the same informant I mentioned that was recently interviewed on 60 Minutes who ratted out Boston mobster Whitey Bulger and the FBI agents who protected him. In all, he spent seven months in prison for each murder, at least the ones he admitted, then received a "$1,000 a head" cash bonus on the back end.By comparison, the New York Times reported last year that 40% of innocent men exonerated by DNA evidence weren't compensated by the government at all for their wrongful incarceration. But this mass murderer gets $20K?What's wrong with that picture?continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 16, 2008 (boomark / email).