CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is proposing the state spend tens of millions of dollars on a witness protection program that went unfunded for the first nine years ...

Witness protection and support before, during and after war crimes proceedings is crucial to ensuring the safety and well-being of witnesses and promoting effective trials. At the State Court level, ...

Virginia’s prolonged budget-amendment process has finally come to a close, resulting in compromises on both sides of the political aisle. As prosecutors, we are glad to see the budget include an ...

Administrators of the U.S. witness protection program are holding a conference with their foreign counterparts this week, helping them devise similar protections for witnesses who could be targeted ...

An old mobster once gave Joseph Paonessa some advice that, if a bit chilling, has served him well during his many years working in the federal witness protection program. "He said, 'Kid, three people ...

The successful prosecution of war crimes cases depends on the availability of credible witnesses, which in turn requires that witnesses are confident that they can testify truthfully without fear of ...

The boy has a new name: Witness 1. Salinas police said they assured him he would be given a number and the shooters would never know his real name. The boy, whom officials would only say is younger ...

Kubayi said Van der Merwe’s death has forced the government to urgently reassess how witnesses are identified, protected and allowed to testify.

It’s a scenario that’s become a common source of frustration for police and prosecutors: A crime is committed, victims and witnesses are located, yet they refuse to cooperate. Sometimes they’re ...

The safety of whistleblowers has been in the spotlight this week following the murder of Marius van der Merwe, a witness at ...