But those witnesses’ decisions to leave the program make them the exception to the rule, Shur said.li After a witness agrees to testify for the prosecution, he or she may be eligible to start ...

There are rules for entering the Witness Protection Program. According to Shur, people hoping to enter witness protection have to sign a list of rules. One of the rules is a pledge to, in his ...

The U.S. Federal Witness Protection Program, also known as the Witness Security or WITSEC Program, ... The system seems to work, by the way, so long as you follow the rules.

The federal witness protection program has granted new identities to more than 17,000 people, but staffing for the program is being cut. ... But there are a host of rules, ...

But those witnesses’ decisions to leave the program make them the exception to the rule, Shur said.li. After a witness agrees to testify for the prosecution, he or she may be eligible to start ...

For the second year in a row, 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 of its existence.

One important rule: Don't find a counterfeiter a job in a printing plant, said Gerald Shur. A retired federal prosecutor, Shur is widely credited with creating the witness protection program to ...

The Witness Protection Program is about keeping witnesses safe, said David Kelley, a former U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York who prosecuted Mafia cases using Gioia’s testimony.

Some have left the program of their own volition or have broken the rules about returning to high-risk areas. Shur recalled the case of Daniel LaPolla, a witness who decided to ignore the program ...

Publishing on a website that a person is a participant in the U.S. Federal Witness Protection Program, whether it's true or not, is not protected speech, a Philadelphia judge has ruled, explaining ...

But those witnesses’ decisions to leave the program make them the exception to the rule, Shur said.li After a witness agrees to testify for the prosecution, he or she may be eligible to start ...