They just have no legal recourse if the reward is not paid.
To be clear, it’s because while promissory estoppel and unilateral contracts are a very real thing you can sue over, sovereign immunity keeps that from being an option, particularly federally. If some private organization offered the reward you’d be fine, but when it is a sovereign immune government that hasn’t waved it’s immunity you’re fucked.
Sovereign immunity is one of those strange times when the ruling class straight up admits that they own you. It’s completely an obvious concept, and so strange that it’s literally just out in the open and they talk about it.
They used to say the rewards was for information leading to the conviction. If they don’t get a conviction, the reward is forfeit by default.
People are still gonna try though. They just have no legal recourse if the reward is not paid.
To be clear, it’s because while promissory estoppel and unilateral contracts are a very real thing you can sue over, sovereign immunity keeps that from being an option, particularly federally. If some private organization offered the reward you’d be fine, but when it is a sovereign immune government that hasn’t waved it’s immunity you’re fucked.
Waived.
Sovereign immunity is one of those strange times when the ruling class straight up admits that they own you. It’s completely an obvious concept, and so strange that it’s literally just out in the open and they talk about it.
Not only that, but one has to go through the FBI’s tip line directly to be eligible. The McDonald’s snitch called the police instead.
Even if they did, anyone desperate enough for the vague promise of money isn’t going to have enough of it to hire a lawyer.