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Corroborating informant testimony, reporting crimes by snitches among ACLU recommendations

On Monday, ACLU's Texas affiliate and the group's Drug Law Reform Project held a press conference to release a briefing paper (pdf) recommending changes to how testimony from confidential informants is gathered and used. While I haven't seen any press coverage, many of their proposals, for long-time readers, will have a familiar ring:1. Require any warrant based on information from a confidential informant to include information on the informant.2. Corroborate information from a confidential informant used to acquire a warrant.3. Provide information on any confidential informant to all parties prior to plea bargaining.4. Require a reliability hearing for informants prior to the introduction of informant testimony.5. Corroborate information from incarcerated informants...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 30, 2008 (boomark / email).