General Searches for Electronic Data need to be revised. A massive amount of personal information is stored on computers and cell phones. Much of it revealing. Whether you carry only a cellphone, or use a computer to access or shop …
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Are your money transfer records private? Warrantless bulk surveillance of money transfer records is happening. In 2022, it was revealed that law enforcement agencies in the U.S. have been secretly operating an indiscriminate and bulk surveillance program that swept up …
Please don’t be fooled. Despite the fact that I’ve been a law enforcement officer for many years, I have found that the interview and interrogation techniques used by police don’t generally have your best interest in mind. I’m interested in …
Justification and an argument for COMPLETE and THOROUGH Background Investigations of Everyone Related to a Criminal Prosecution. Have you ever thought of conducting a complete and thorough background investigation of everyone related to a criminal prosecution? I’m not speaking just …
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Can you be wrongly accused? You absolutely can be wrongly accused and it will have a profound effect on your life. For that reason, you need a good attorney, and that attorney needs a good investigator to represent you. I …
First, I’d hate to be on the jury in a case to determine if police have a right to qualified immunity. In the simplest and most basic terms, qualified immunity amounts to a protection that protects police officers from frivolous …
Should Post-Verdict Jury Interviews be allowed? Have you conducted them? I’ve had the opportunity to conduct interviews of jury members after a verdict has been rendered and the jury dismissed. I must admit that it was a great learning experience …
A Guilty Plea? Really?? Are you or your client actually considering entering a guilty plea?It seems as though the American justice system has abandoned the fundamental system of public jury trials in favor of a system where guilty pleas are …
Is data collection Constitutional or Not? With increasing frequency, law enforcement has been using unconstitutional, suspicionless digital dragnet searches in an attempt to identify unknown suspects in criminal cases. I don’t have a problem with law enforcement using newly identified …
Forensic Interviews of Children When looking at how and when forensic interviews of alleged child victims occur, there are several issues that should be considered in your client’s defense case. Here are a few elements that maximize the reliability of …
