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Modern witchhunts usually describe a situation where a prosecutor or special prosecutor begins deposing targets to uncover a web of defendants. Rather than investigating a specific occurence of a crime, a witchhunt investigates people who are targets of the investigation. Rarely such investigations are used to bring down real, but elusive criminals, such as [[Al Capone]]. <ref>http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/capone/capone.htm</ref> More often witchhunts are political weapons which hope to ensnare victims in trumped-up perjury charges or perhaps trick victims into revealing crimes involving friends or relations.

Modern witchhunts usually describe a situation where a prosecutor or special prosecutor begins deposing targets to uncover a web of defendants. Rather than investigating a specific occurence of a crime, a witchhunt investigates people who are targets of the investigation. Rarely such investigations are used to bring down real, but elusive criminals, such as [[Al Capone]]. <ref>http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/capone/capone.htm</ref> More often witchhunts are political weapons which hope to ensnare victims in trumped-up perjury charges or perhaps trick victims into revealing crimes involving friends or relations.

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