Jackee Taylor was 7 years old when she entered the Witness Protection Program in 1981, and she has remained in it for over 40 years. Her father, Clarence "Butch" Crouch, was a member of the Cleveland ...

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Developed by Justice Department employee Gerald Shur and beginning in 1971, the Federal Witness Protection Program—or Witness Security Program (WITSEC)—has provided safe harbor for over 18,000 federal ...

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Jackee Taylor entered when she was 7 years old and wishes it had never happened. — -- Jackee Taylor still remembers when her mother woke her up in the middle of the night and U.S. Marshals were ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Jackee Taylor was 7 years old when she entered the US Federal Witness Protection Program in 1981, and she has remained in it for over 40 years. Her father, Clarence ...

Jackee Taylor has been in the US Witness Protection Program since she was 7. Now 51, Taylor is opening up about how difficult her life has been because of the program. She didn't ask to be a part of ...