michael says what this guy is giving us to cut him loose like this? >> i don't think we really have the right to know. i believe that the first charge would have kept him in jail and ultimately probably got him deported or put in prison. i believe the victim probably declined to cooperate with the prosecution which opened up the opportunity for them to have their informant released to continue the work that they had. now, judge, i want everybody to know that in narcotics cases there is only two it ways you get big cases. undercover or informants. informants are part of the problem but they are scum bags and if you don't use scumbags you are not going to make your case and in a lot of other areas the same is probably true. this probably has been played out in every major city in the country. >> judge jeanine: no question. when i was d.a. i had confidential informants but there is a balancing test where you weigh is man capable of extreme violence and taking guns and then just saying we