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Politics

Questions About Informant Payments By Durham Police

WUNC | By Laura Lee,
Frank Stasio
Published March 13, 2014 at 12:32 PM EDT
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Two local advocacy groups released documents showing the Durham Police Department made payments to informants in criminal matters.

The groups assert the department paid bonuses when defendants were convicted. The police say the payments do not violate policy. Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC reporter Jorge Valencia and Durham City Council member Steve Schewel about the latest developments.

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Laura Lee
Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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