Lets put our person feelings about Pennisi on the side for a moment. I dont believe he was delusional and I believe they were looking to kill him. Why ? I know there were a bunch of arrests and they may have thought he was an informant. What made them think he was?
When the discovery proved he wasnt, they still wanted to kil him. Has to be a reason. Anyone have knowledge?
When discovery comes out confidential informants are not named. Sometimes not until right before trial. Sometimes not at all. It's usually listed as CW-1, CW-2, etc. At least that's what I've read at numerous online sources.
And discovery in this case, if you look at the docket on Pacer, I think it wasn't until July when the government started handing over the initial discovery because there were some issues or whatever. And everything also isn't handed over at once. Sometimes it's a rolling discovery where the govt will only give the defense bits and pieces.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/learning-the-identity-confidential-informant.htmlPennisi didn't sign his cooperation agreement with the government until one week before Castelle's trial in May 2019. It's likely that he wasn't identified as a CW or CI until that time.
