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2 unusual facts about Turn state's evidence


Jordan Downs

Two of the arsonists received life imprisonment; the third received a lighter sentence for testifying for the prosecution.

Pentito

In the United States, criminals testifying against their former associates can enter the Witness Protection Program, and be given new identities, with supporting paperwork.


Francesco Guarraci

During the 1980s, he emigrated to the United States, and in 1989, Guarraci was inducted into the crime family during a ceremony led by John Riggi himself, according to Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo, who turned state's evidence in 2000.

Norman Skelhorn

In 1972, Skelhorn gave bank robber Bertie Smalls, Britain's first true supergrass, immunity from prosecution in light of the amounts and detail of his Queen's evidence.

Rock-Ola

During the 1920s, Rockola was linked with Chicago organized crime and escaped a jail sentence by turning State's Evidence.


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