Alexandra Natapoff
Professor of Law
Brief Amicus Curiae of the ACLU, Van de Kamp v. Goldstein (U.S. Sept. 4, 2008) (No. 07-854)
Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Oversight Hearing on Law Enforcement Confidential Informant Practices, Washington, D.C. (July 19, 2007)
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Writing
Kathryn Johnston Paid Price for Police Reliance on Snitches, San Francisco Chronicle (Aug. 16, 2007)
Bait and Snitch: The High Cost of Snitching for Law Enforcement, Slate.com (Dec. 12, 2005)
Sample Motion Requesting Snitch Reliability Hearing (available for download)"
California Reconsiders Snitching, Op-ed, San Francisco Chronicle (Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006)
Confidential Jailhouse Snitch Deals Serve Criminals Before Justice, Op-ed, L.A. Daily Journal (Nov. 10, 2006)
Media
Christopher Moraff, The Rat Trap: Death row exonerations expose failings of the "snitch system," In These Times (July 30, 2008)
Corey Clark,
National media interest 'intense' over Hoffman case, Tallahassee Democrat (July 20, 2008)
Damon Hodge, See No Evil: Why the stop-snitching phenomenon is more complicated than you think, Las Vegas Weekly (June 26, 2008)
Evan Goodenow, Witnesses clam up-and crimes go unsolved, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (May 2, 2008)
Colleen Jenkins, Latin Kings case's lesson: Relying on work of informers can be risky, St. Petersburg Times (April 11, 2008)
Alan Maimon, A Plot that Failed, Las Vegas Review Journal (Mar. 30, 2008)
Alan Feuer, Officers' Arrest Puts Spotlight on Police Use of Informants, N.Y.Times (Jan. 27, 2008)
Rebecca Adamus, "Anti-Snitching Message Frustrates Authorities," Florida Today (May 22, 2007)
Greg Moran, "Wrongly Convicted Man Walks Free After Two Decades," San Diego Union-Tribune (Feb. 10, 2007)
"ACLU Informant Roundtable," Atlanta, GA (Mar. 15, 2007)
Jeannine Amber, "The Street Are Watching," Essence Magazine (Nov. 2006)
"The Pros and Cons of the Snitch Society," Talk of the Nation, NPR (Dec. 21, 2006) (on-air guest)
Rebecca Cook Dube, Leader Turned Informant Rattles Muslims, Christian Science Monitor (7/31/2006)
Andrew Becker, Adults Dislike "No Snitching" Shirts That Teens Call Cool, Dallas Morning News (7/2/2006)
Nina Hemphill, "Tattle Tales: Is there a glitch in the snitch system?," Upscale Magazine (July 2006)
Scott Anderson, Snitching: Some say movement discouraging cooperation with police is more about fashion than justice, The Journal Times (May 20, 2006) (quoted)
"Too Much Information" with Alvin Jones, The Power, XM Satellite Radio channel 169 (Washington, D.C.) (Mar. 29, 2006) (on-air guest)
Rick Hampson, Anti-Snitch Campaign Riles Police, Prosecutors, USA Today (Mar. 28, 2006) (quoted)
State Senator Shirley Kitchen (Philadelphia), Op-Ed: Witness Protection is Vital, Philadelphia Inquirer (Mar. 22, 2006)
"Rat a Tat," The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC public radio (Feb. 24, 2006) (on air guest)
A Hip-Hop Backlash Against Snitching, National Public Radio, Siddhartha Mitter, News & Notes with Ed Gordon (Jan. 30, 2006) (quoted) (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5178424 )
Tom Farrey, Snitching is a Carmelo Controvery That Won't Stop, ESPN Magazine (Jan. 12, 2006) (quoted)
Carolyn Thompson, Stop Snitching T-Shirts Sending Frustrating Message, Newsday (Jan. 4, 2006) (quoted)
The Bev Smith Show, Nationally syndicated radio talk show (Dec. 1, 2004) (on-air guest)
The Chris Moore Show, WQED Pittsburgh (Dec. 11, 2004) (on-air guest)
My Cable TV Show, Channel 58, Boston, MA (Dec. 5, 2004) (live call-in guest)
Gabrielle Banks, Stop Snitchin' Shirts Stopping Criminal Trials, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Oct. 18, 2004) (quoted)