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An investigation into jailhouse informants.
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The Big Story
Wed. Dec 4, 2019
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Paul Skalnik, pictured on the left, below, testified that James Dailey confessed to fatally stabbing a 14-year-old girl shortly before Dailey’s 1987 murder trial. It was a circumstantial case in which there was scant evidence. Dailey, pictured on the right, now faces execution in Florida. Read Pamela Colloff's investigation into jailhouse informants.
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Paul Skalnik has a decadeslong criminal record and may be one of the most prolific jailhouse informants in U.S. history. The state of Florida is planning to execute a man based largely on his word.
by Pamela Colloff
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More From This Investigation
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More than 140 people have been exonerated in murder cases involving jailhouse informant testimony since the U.S. Supreme Court signed off on its constitutionality in 1966. Yet informant testimony is still allowed nationwide, and the limited reforms that exist have yet to prove effective.
by Katie Zavadski and Moiz Syed
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