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- Informants are not inherently illegal, but there are reasons why they can be problematic12:
- Leniency: Informants may be shown leniency for their own crimes in exchange for information.
- Dishonesty: Informants can turn out to be dishonest in their information.
- Unreliability: Criminal informants are often unreliable due to their self-interest.
- Perception: Informants are sometimes regarded as traitors by their former criminal associates.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Informants may be shown leniency for their own crimes in exchange for information, or simply turn out to be dishonest in their information, resulting in the time and money spent acquiring them being wasted. Informants are often regarded as traitors by their former criminal associates.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InformantUnlike whistle-blowers or citizens who call 911, criminal informants (sometimes referred to as snitches) provide information in hope of escaping punishment for their own crimes, which has contributed to their well-documented unreliability, among other issues.hls.harvard.edu/bibliography/snitching-and-the-use … - People also ask
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