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GGD-84-87 1 (1984-08-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabetg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - 't b fl e~k~leu~~ RELEASEDki I 13y theCic L2- - BY THE U.S, GENBVAL ACCiOUNTING OFF CE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Courts, Civil Liberties, And The Administration Of Justice, Committee On The Judiciary House Of Representatives Witness Security Program: Prosecutive Results And Participant Arrest Data The Witness Security Program was established to protect witnesses who testified in traditional orga- nized crime prosecutions. The program provides witnesses with new identities, relocates them to other communities, and provides them with tem- porary living allowances. For cases during the period June 1979 to May 1980 involving the tes- timony of protected witnesses, GAO found that 75 percent of the defendants were found guilty. Of those for whom sentencing information was avai- lable, 84 percent were sent to prison with a median sentence of 4.4 years. Program benefits do not come without costs. GAO found that about 21 percent of the 365 protected witnesses it examined for recidivism who entered the program in fiscal years 1979 and 1980 were arrested within 2 years. Congress is considering a proposal to establish a program to compensate victims of protected wit- nesses. This could cost, at most, $2.3 million an- nually. However, certain victim entitlement charac- teristics in the proposal may lower the estimated cost. \j X3a D S 1'>Pt ., GAQ/GGD-84-87 1Ceouse \ AUGUST 23, 1984

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