http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002152199_gangs16.html
"Police, prosecutors and judges say intimidation is a growing national problem of intimidation by street gangs that bears striking similarities to the way organized crime has often silenced witnesses.
'Witness intimidation has become so pervasive that it is ruining the public's faith in the criminal-justice system to protect them,' said Judge John Glynn of Baltimore City Circuit Court. 'We are not much better off than the legal system in Mexico or Colombia or some other sad places.' "
