Editing Playing card (section)

=== Cold case cards ===
Police departments,<ref name="ri-pawtucket"/> local governments, state prison systems,<ref name="ct-doc-cold-case">{{cite web |title=Cold Case Cards |url=https://portal.ct.gov/DOC/Miscellaneous/Cold-Case-Cards |website=Connecticut State Department of Correction |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref> and even private organizations<ref name="tu-new-york">{{cite news |last1=Masters |first1=Emily |title=New York cold case playing cards hit 10-year mark |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-cold-case-playing-cards-hit-10-year-mark-12306126.php |newspaper=Times Union |access-date=30 July 2019 |date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> across the United States and other countries have created decks of cards that feature photos, names, and details of [[cold case]] victims or missing persons on each card.<ref name="nyt-carballo-24"/><ref name="nbc-ap-columbia"/><ref name="wciv-17">{{cite web |last1=Balchunas |first1=Caroline |title=Cold case playing cards given to Lowcountry inmates offer hope of solving old crimes |url=https://abcnews4.com/news/local/cold-case-playing-cards-given-to-lowcountry-inmates-offer-hope-of-solving-old-crimes |publisher=WCIV ABC 4 |access-date=30 July 2019 |date=October 18, 2017}}</ref> These decks are sold in [[Prison commissary|prison commissaries]], or even to the public,<ref name="ri-pawtucket">{{cite web |title=Rhode Island Cold Case by Pawtucket Police Department |url=https://coldcaseri.com/ |website=Rhode Island Cold Case |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref> in the hopes that an inmate (or anyone else) might provide a new lead.<ref name="ae-2017">{{cite web |last1=Janos |first1=Adam |title=How Inmates Help Solve Cold-Case Murders While Playing Cards |url=https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/how-inmates-help-solve-cold-case-murders-while-playing-cards |publisher=A&E |access-date=30 July 2019 |date=December 29, 2017}}</ref> Cold case card programs have been introduced in over a dozen states, including by [[Oklahoma]]'s [[Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation|State Bureau of Investigation]],<ref name="edmond-drew">{{cite web |last1=Harmon |first1=Drew |title=OSBI unit brings cold cases to light |url=https://www.edmondsun.com/news/osbi-unit-brings-cold-cases-to-light/article_54755538-acb1-11e9-92ba-57d52046ade0.html |publisher=The Edmond Sun |access-date=30 July 2019 |date=July 22, 2019 |archive-date=30 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730072941/https://www.edmondsun.com/news/osbi-unit-brings-cold-cases-to-light/article_54755538-acb1-11e9-92ba-57d52046ade0.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Connecticut]]'s [[Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice|Division of Criminal Justice]] (five editions), the [[Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension]] (in 2008),<ref name="nyt-carballo-24"/> Delaware's [[Delaware Department of Correction|Department of Correction]],<ref name="dsn-panel">{{cite web |last1=Gronau |first1=Ian |title=Panel raises concern about 'cold case' playing cards in prisons |url=https://delawarestatenews.net/news/panel-raises-concern-about-cold-case-playing-cards-in-prisons/ |publisher=Delaware State News |access-date=30 July 2019 |date=December 1, 2018}}</ref> the [[Florida Department of Law Enforcement]],<ref name="fdle">{{cite web |title=Cold Case Playing Cards |url=http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/OSI/Cold-Case-Playing-Cards/Cold-Case-Playing-Cards.aspx |website=Florida Department of Law Enforcement |access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref> and [[Rhode Island]]'s [[Rhode Island Department of Corrections|Department of Corrections]],<ref name="prov-journal">{{cite web |last1=Milkovits |first1=Amanda |title=Betting on a tipped hand, police to release playing cards featuring cold cases |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20181218/betting-on-tipped-hand-police-to-release-playing-cards-featuring-cold-cases |publisher=Providence Journal |access-date=30 July 2019 |date=December 18, 2018}}</ref> among others. The [[Indiana Department of Correction]] sells cold case cards in prisons, and in 2024, Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers created cold case playing cards, distributing 2,500 decks.<ref name="nyt-carballo-24">{{cite news |last1=Carballo |first1=Rebecca |title=These Playing Cards Have an Extra Motive. Flushing Out Suspects. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/project-cold-case-cards.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>

Among inmates, they may be called "snitch cards".<ref name="ksl">{{cite web |last1=McCracken |first1=Chance |title='Snitch cards' use inmates to help solve crimes |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/16134111/snitch-cards-use-inmates-to-help-solve-crimes |website=KSL.com |access-date=30 July 2019 |date=July 5, 2011}}</ref> Prisoners with information may be motivated to come forward in order to receive a lightened sentence.<ref name="nyt-carballo-24"/>