Protecţia martorilor în procesul penal [Articol]

Abstract

The Witness Protection Program is intended for crucial witnesses whose prospective testimony puts them in immediate danger. The entire purpose of the Witness Protection Program is to keep the witnesses safe so that they can testify at trials that could convict members of organized crime, gangs or terrorist networks. The successful operation of this program is widely recognized as providing a unique and valuable tool in the government’s battle against major criminal conspirators and organized crime. Today, the Witness Protection Program is essential to the prosecution of hundreds of cases. Without it, many witnesses would never come forward or would be killed if they did. With the protection provided by the program, witnesses can testify and then disappear when the trial is over, and the criminals they testify against are almost always convicted.