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U.S. v. Trent, No. 16-3960 (7th Cir.) (863 F.3d 699) (July 13, 2017) (Judge Michael S. Kanne)

Loaded on Oct. 30, 2017 published in Punch and Jurists October 30, 2017
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Sentences Received.

This decision is anther frustrating example of how the judiciary sometimes becomes the prosecution’s (unwitting?) partner in shielding Government informants and witnesses from hostile attacks by defense counsel at criminal trials in the United States.

Phil Trent, the defendant in this case and a reputed heroin distributor, was charged with ...

 

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