I'm spitballing ideas for a story I'm writing. I think I want one of my characters to have formerly been in the Witness Protection Program for witnessing a gang crime. He has since been released because all of the members of the gang were imprisoned, but he's paranoid about being followed so he hires a bodyguard. He gets a job offer (or seeks out a job) as a film crew member for a television show, but when he flies out to accept the job the director (brother of one of the gang members who - oops - isn't in prison) recognizes him and convinces him to audition for a guest starring role in the show. Would it be against the rules of the Program for a former member to accept a high-visibility job like that even after the danger is supposedly past?
2013-01-27T18:24:01Z
Yes, of course the character testified. Didn't realize I needed to spell that out.
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If you leave the program(by choice or because they release you) then there are no longer rules. Oh and to the one talking about witnesses don't go in, you aren't going to TESTIFY unless you see something. So yeah someone who WITNESSES a crime can end up in Witness Protection.
Swamp, that is going to take quite a lot of study. I would take this in yet another path as opposed to the WPP and the lie that the husband is lifeless. There are a number of alternative matters to recollect if you have this variety of plot. The WPP is handiest used when someone acts as a witness in a trial and is by and large concerned in some way. They do what's referred to as 'flip states evidence.' quite often this involves a trial involving equipped crime. In faking any person's dying, numerous falsified documents are worried. Loss of life certificate, post-mortem, Burial, quite a lot of benefits for the survivor. My question is why would they lie anyway? Quite a few legitimate licenses are on the road right here. See? This story does appear pretty suspenseful, however i might say, as soon as again, steer clear of the WPP and the Lie. Hope I helped. PJ M
A person does not enter the witness protection program for witnessing a crime. The program is to protect those who TESTIFY in court against the perpetrator of the crime.
Yeah, there's no problem with that, the witness protection program has no rules after you're released. Keep in mind that they get new identities after entering the program.
Kimberly, First of all, this is a great idea for a story. Secondly, don't worry too much about the actual rules of the WPP. There is such a thing as "artistic license" where a writer is allowed to stretch the truth to tell a story.