The city of Tallahassee, FL, has agreed to settle the case over informant Rachel Hoffman’s death for $2.6 million. Story here. Tallahassee police had sent Hoffman, a young inexperienced informant, on a sting operation to buy guns and drugs, during which she was killed. After Hoffman’s death, the Florida legislature passed “Rachel’s Law” which requires Florida police to create guidelines for the creation and use of informants. See this previous post: Florida’s Rachel’s Law offers some protection to informants. The Hoffman settlement is an important milestone because it acknowledges that governments may be responsible for the dangers that informants often face when trying to satisfy police or prosecutorial demands for information and cooperation. Recently, several other families have brought similar suits for the death of young informants. See here , here, and here.