Oceanside Neighbor Says Alleged Drug Dealer Turned Government Informant in Exchange for Shorter Jail Sentence
By Peter Belfiore
Long Island Herald
July 20, 2017
Excerpt:
There is, however, no official record of a plea or confidential informant deal. But according to Professor Elizabeth Nevins, of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law’s criminal justice clinic at Hofstra University, it is possible that a deal could exist, even without the paperwork. “The defense has every reason in the world not to tell,” Nevins said. “And the prosecutor’s not going to tell about it either.”
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