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received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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However, their breakneck rise is met with an equally spectacular fall, with their business marred by arson, murder for hire, and a jailhouse suicide.
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EW.com, 27 May 2024
The case was being retried because a state appeals court ruled that a sworn statement from a jailhouse informant wasn’t allowed to be heard during the original November 2017 trial.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Hunter provided a similar version of events to radio station KNX in a jailhouse interview published Monday.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
In 2013, deputies in the Operation Safe Jails program were among those indicted for attempting to hide a jailhouse informant from FBI officials who were using him to investigate jail abuses and corruption.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
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EW.com, 27 May 2024
The case was being retried because a state appeals court ruled that a sworn statement from a jailhouse informant wasn’t allowed to be heard during the original November 2017 trial.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Hunter provided a similar version of events to radio station KNX in a jailhouse interview published Monday.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
In 2013, deputies in the Operation Safe Jails program were among those indicted for attempting to hide a jailhouse informant from FBI officials who were using him to investigate jail abuses and corruption.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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