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No, the traditional perk is immunity from prosecution.As long as the stool pigeon does not break the law. No problem if they did not trespass themselves.
Although in theory the police maintain that informants are not made immune from prosecution should they break the law in the course of their informant career, in practice, much of the lawbreaking of the informant is overlooked in the interest of maintaining him/her as a valuable information source.
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- the FBI on its own cannot promise or agree to any immunity from prosecution or other consideration by a Federal Prosecutor's Office or a Court in exchange for the CI's cooperation, since the decision to confer any such benefit lies within the exclusive discretion of the Federal Prosecutor's Office and the Court. However, the FBI will consider, but not necessarily act upon, a request by the CI to advise the appropriate Federal Prosecutor's Office or Court of the nature and extent of his or her assistance to the FBI;
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