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 ...

Jackee Taylor was 7 years old when she entered the Witness Protection Program in 1981, and she has remained in it for over 40 years. Her father, Clarence "Butch" Crouch, was a member of the Cleveland ...

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, ...

In the U.S., some victims and witnesses of violent crime face real dangers for cooperating with the criminal justice system and this fact severely limits the criminal justice system’s ability to ...

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 ...

With $2 million available, police departments can offer housing, food, transportation and childcare to crime witnesses.

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 ...