Mar 24, 2026; Tallahassee, FL, USA; Margie Weiss, mother of murdered police informant Rachel Hoffman, speaks in the Florida Capitol Rotunda. Hoffman’s parents spearheaded what became the nation’s first law aimed at protecting confidential informants. Nearly four years after Tallahassee police confidential informant Rachel Hoffman was killed in a botched drug sting, her parents’ wrongful-death case against the city is set to begin in early January 2012. Hoffman was helping police in a buy-bust operation when she was shot execution-style on May 7, 2008. The first-time confidential informant, who was trying to work off a drug arrest three weeks earlier;; Mandatory Credit: Mike Ewen-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images