Snitch Culture
June, 1999
Again and again, the same situation occurs.In 1974 a jury convicted Joseph Green Brown for murder, rape and robbery. Testifying against Brown was Ronald Floyd. Several months after the trial, Floyd admitted he had lied at trial. He said he had testified to avoid prosecution for the murder and to receive a lighter sentence on another crime. Brown spent 13 years on death row before being released.In 1977 Randall Dale Adams was convicted of murdering a police officer. The prosecution's key evidence...