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KSAT Investigates year in review: From RV conversion nightmares to unregulated boarding homes
Read full article: KSAT Investigates year in review: From RV conversion nightmares to unregulated boarding homesInvestigative unit explored problems caused by using confidential informants as well as the large amount of excess military equipment taken in by local law enforcement agencies
Reporter Debrief: KSAT 12 Reporter Tim Gerber reveals backstory on confidential informant investigation
Read full article: Reporter Debrief: KSAT 12 Reporter Tim Gerber reveals backstory on confidential informant investigationKSAT 12 Investigative Reporter Tim Gerber uncovered major problems with the confidential informant investigation process in San Antonio and Bexar County.
Extended interview: Defense attorney Dayna Jones on the use of confidential informants, overturned convictions
Read full article: Extended interview: Defense attorney Dayna Jones on the use of confidential informants, overturned convictionsKSAT 12 Defenders investigative special airs Feb. 1 at 9 p.m.
Planted drugs, secret deals, lies: How one bad informant ruined the lives of at least 4 San Antonians
Read full article: Planted drugs, secret deals, lies: How one bad informant ruined the lives of at least 4 San Antonians"‘A Necessary Evil’: The Cost of Confidential Informants," a KSAT 12 Defenders Investigation, airs Feb. 1 at 9 p.m.
WATCH: “‘A Necessary Evil’: The Cost of Confidential Informants,” a KSAT 12 Defenders Investigation
Read full article: WATCH: “‘A Necessary Evil’: The Cost of Confidential Informants,” a KSAT 12 Defenders InvestigationNationwide, police agencies and prosecutors agree that the increased use of confidential informants, or ‘CI’s, has been a boon to fighting crime, especially when it comes to drug trafficking.
Three people wrongly convicted after informant planted drugs, Bexar County DA says
Read full article: Three people wrongly convicted after informant planted drugs, Bexar County DA saysThe Bexar County Conviction Integrity Unit helped three people clear their names after an informant’s planted drugs led to their convictions, the district attorney’s office announced Wednesday.
Families of Texas couple killed in drug raid sue city, cops
Read full article: Families of Texas couple killed in drug raid sue city, copsThe families of a couple killed in a 2019 drug raid by Houston police are alleging in newly filed lawsuits that the deaths of their loved ones were the tragic result of a narcotics unit that for years was rife with corruption and no accountability and now has many of its members under indictment.