Snitches: How often do people cooperate in federal criminal cases?
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Everybody has heard that “snitches get stitches” and some version of the horror story that cooperating with the feds will end up with you or your family being ratliated against…but how true is that? How often do people cooperate with the government or try to “cut a deal” by rolling over on their co-defendants. (Spoiler alert: all the time). That’s the topic of this week’s video.
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A relative of mine was facing a potential 7 year term in a non-violent case and cooperated fully with investigators. This was a victimless crime that involved a group of people that he belonged to. As a result of his cooperation he ended up with a term of a year and a day in prison. The judge in his case actually cut 15 months off of the lowest recommended sentence in his case and he was able to serve his time in a federal prison camp instead of a higher level facility. Thanks to the first step act he actually spent only 7 months in custody before being released to a halfway house and eventual home confinement. Seven MONTHS instead of 7 years. I would say his cooperation was well worth it! The thing is when the feds go after you they ARE going to get a conviction and whether prosecutors ask for the maximum or the minimum is going to be almost totally up to you. One other thing, as part of his plea deal a number of other charges against him were dropped, charges that would have added years to his sentence.
never snitch .
the second you land in prison it’s over with for you .
Very good.
Can a defended appeal on something that the prosecutor, stated that had happened 15 years ago but the judge used the passed drug cases in the past history to give a higher sentence
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