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Do Witness Protection Programs Really Protect? Fourteen states have programs designed to keep witnesses to crimes safe before and after they testify. But most programs don't literally "protect" anyone. Witnesses are simply moved out of the place where the crime occurred into a safer location.
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Do Witness Protection Programs Really Protect?

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Do Witness Protection Programs Really Protect?

Do Witness Protection Programs Really Protect?

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Scott Shafer

Do Witness Protection Programs Really Protect?

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