Monthly Archives: May 2025
When DV Survivors Wind Up Behind Bars
It shouldn’t surprise us to learn that many of the women in prison who’ve been convicted of murder or manslaughter were previously victims of intimate partner violence. In one such case, a woman stabbed a former boyfriend after months of stalking. In another, a woman killed her partner, who’d repeatedly raped and beaten her… Read More »
Can Confidential and/or Jailhouse Informants be Trusted?
Police use confidential informants (CIs) and jailhouse snitches to gather information and put suspects behind bars all the time. Unfortunately, there are some real problems with the practice: There are no good mechanisms in place to figure out if an informant (or a police officer) is being untruthful; Informants have incentives to lie; Police… Read More »
