Oversight of the Department of Justice Witness Security Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Oversight of the Department of Justice Witness Security Program: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate One Hundred Fourth Congress Second Session, on the Effectiveness of the Department of Justice Witness Security Program Created Under the Organized Crime Act of 1970 to Protect Witnesses Wh The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room Sh-216, Hart Senate Office Building, Hon. Orrin G. Hatch (chairman of the committee), presiding. Also present: Senators DeWine and Biden. Opening Statement of Hon. Orrin G. Hatch, A U.S. Senator From The State of Utah The Chairman. The committee meets this morning to hear testimony assessing the effectiveness of the Department of Justice's administration of the Witness Security Program, which is more commonly referred to as the Witness Protection Program. This hearing follows what was a several-week committee investigation into the program. The Witness Security Program was created by Congress under the Organized Crime Act of 1970. It was designed to protect witnesses who testify against traditional organized crime figures. More recently, the purview of the program was expanded to include major narcotics organizations, prison gangs, and violent street gangs. The goal of this program was to allow witnesses to come forward with information against major leaders of organized crime without fear of retaliation. Since the program's inception, close to 15,000 people have been placed in the program. Sixty-six hundred are protected witnesses while the remainder are dependents or close family members. Within the last 5 years, approximately 200 new witnesses have been admitted into the program each year, on average. In 1978, protection for the witnesses and their families cost an estimated $14 million. However, the program has grown by leaps and bounds. In 1995 alone, the U.S. Marshals Service spent $53 million for the protection of witnesses. This figure does not include expenditures by the Office of Enforcement of Operations, Bureau of Prisons, or other related agencies. Indeed, no one with the Department of Justice can tell us exactly how much the program costs today. Over the past 20 years, the Witness Security Program has had its successes. Prosecuting John Gotti and other organized crime figures may not have been possible without this program, and I applaud its successes. I clearly recognize the need for the program. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Published: 1997
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 210
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Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2015-09-09
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Author: United States. Department of Justice
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Published: 1988
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 354
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Published: 1990
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Published: 1997
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 406
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