Talk:Turn state's evidence

Dates

If someone wanted to add a "Date" column to the table that would be useful (just the year would be specific enough). Either date of the crime or date of the trial. --Bookgrrl 20:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Proposed Merge with Prosecutorial immunity

I see this has been proposed without advice herein as to the rationale. I'd like to say I feel these two concepts are separate enough to warrant independent articles and hope they will remain separate. 82.31.7.168 (talk) 00:20, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

That was me. Chris (talk) 00:21, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Prosecutorial immunity is a much more general term; state's evidence refers to a particular type of trial and doesn't always result in immunity, sometimes just a reduced sentence. I vote they stay separate. --Bookgrrl ^holler/lookee here 01:56, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

They shouldn't be merged. "Turn state's evidence" suggests that the witness him/herself is implicated in the facts of the criminal transaction. "Prosecutorial immunity" is much more broad, as it can be given to witnesses even whose immune conduct is not factually related to charge in the trial. If this were a Venn diagram, "Prosecutorial immunity" would be a giant circle, and "turn state's evidence" would be a smaller circle within the larger one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.98.88.22 (talk) 23:50, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Dumond

I have removed Wayne Dumond from the list. Dumond did not testify against anyone so does not qualify as having turned state's evidence; in addition, Huckabee supported his parole but did not pardon him or take any action on his behalf other than recommending parole. --Bookgrrl ^holler/lookee here 21:00, 21 July 2009 (UTC)