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| n | 3 | '''Witness intimidation''' involves [[witness]]es crucial to court proceedings being threatened in order to pressure or [[Extortion|extort]] them not to [[Testimony|testify]]. Other types of witness [[intimidation]] include direct threats, or promises of revenge and/or retaliation for reports by witnesses to authorities, whether they are already called by summons to testify or not.<ref>http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14426817968698039503&q=%22witness+intimidation%22+&hl=en&as_sdt=2,5</ref> The refusal of key witnesses to testify, usually as a direct result of successful intimidations, commonly renders a case with inadequate physical evidence of direct witness testimony "void" in a court of law. This is a significant problem that has many lawmakers considering tough penalties for intimidating a witness; in the state of [[Kansas]], it is a [[Crime|criminal]] [[misdemeanor]], or, if found to be [[Aggravation (legal concept)|aggravated]], a [[felony]]. | n | 3 | '''Witness intimidation''' involves [[witness]]es crucial to court proceedings being threatened in order to pressure or [[Extortion|extort]] them not to [[Testimony|testify]]. Other types of witness [[intimidation]] include direct threats, or promises of revenge and/or retaliation for reports by witnesses to authorities, whether they are already called by summons to testify or not.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14426817968698039503&q=%22witness+intimidation%22+&hl=en&as_sdt=2,5 |title=Google Scholar |publisher=Scholar.google.com |date= |accessdate=2013-05-24}}</ref> The refusal of key witnesses to testify, usually as a direct result of successful intimidations, commonly renders a case with inadequate physical evidence of direct witness testimony "void" in a court of law. This is a significant problem that has many lawmakers considering tough penalties for intimidating a witness; in the state of [[Kansas]], it is a [[Crime|criminal]] [[misdemeanor]], or, if found to be [[Aggravation (legal concept)|aggravated]], a [[felony]]. |
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| t | 5 | Many victims suffer the same plight with witness intimidation by being threatened and deterred by threat from reporting crimes of which they were even the victim. The federal government, namely the FBI, states that they investigate this type of crime on their website,<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/jackson/press-releases/2011/ja020711.htm</ref> but more often than not, these witness intimidation tactics used outside a court of law are the norm for the bulk of unreported crime, specifically because the powers-that-be want to use the power of intimidation to achieve their aims, whether political, social, financial, or some other mitigating factor that prevents reports of corruption and crimes. | t | 5 | Many victims suffer the same plight with witness intimidation by being threatened and deterred by threat from reporting crimes of which they were even the victim. The federal government, namely the FBI, states that they investigate this type of crime on their website,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/jackson/press-releases/2011/ja020711.htm |title=FBI — FBI Makes Arrest in Witness Intimidation Case |publisher=Fbi.gov |date= |accessdate=2013-05-24}}</ref> but more often than not, these witness intimidation tactics used outside a court of law are the norm for the bulk of unreported crime, specifically because the powers-that-be want to use the power of intimidation to achieve their aims, whether political, social, financial, or some other mitigating factor that prevents reports of corruption and crimes. |
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