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John Grisham's The Pelican Brief

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Staying Hidden In John Grisham’s book The Pelican Brief, Darby Shaw’s life is turned upside down because she did not have the opportunity to go to The WItness Protection Program like we do today. The Witness Protection Program provides a safe haven for terrified families and people like Darby Shaw. Darby Shaw´s life was turned upside down because of the truth, she spoke in her brief. Her actions were exemplary for people who are scared to come forward with the truth today. Darby gets tracked several different ways throughout this book. This becomes clear when she realizes she is being tracked from place to place because of the use of her credit card (Grisham). ”She withdrew five thousand in cash from her checking account Friday afternoon, …show more content…

The Witness Protection Program provides witnesses with a safe environment for twenty-four hours while in they are in immediate danger (CNN). For example, If a witness has come to the stand against a drug dealer, the witness may need twenty-four hour protection to stay safe until their surroundings calm down. Once you are in The Witness Protection Program, you cannot look back to your old life; you must keep pushing forward (NBC). When you are in the program you cannot contact anyone from your past, it will put you in harms way (NBC). While in the program, things in the future- such as dating and marriage- can be kind of tricky since your not allowed to tell your new spouse either. "Getting married as a protected witness means having to do the one thing no partner should be expected to do: lie. All the time. WITSEC members are told not to divulge their prior identity to new spouses in case the relationship ever turns sour and the secret is revealed out of spite. When infamous mobster Henry Hill was in the program, he married Sherry Anders in 1981. Anders had no idea Hill, who was going by the name “Martin Lewis,” had seen more than his share of dead bodies—and happened to still be married under his real name, making her an unwitting party to bigamy. (The couple soon split up)”

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