The JFA Team and the Neighborhood Defender Services of Detroit will work towards increasing the use of experts and investigators by court-appointed counsel in Wayne County, Michigan.
Update (July - December 2021): We hosted seven training modiles on the use of investigators, experts, and mitigation specialists. The topics included: Theory guided, specialized investigations on cases with eye-witnesses and co-defendants, social media evidence, child witnesses; using investigators to examine crime scenes; working with experts; and using mitigation specialists. We also had breakout sessions to work on a hypothetical case problem that was designed to simulate the process of building a case through the use of an investigator. The participants were provided with access to more than 20 different pieces of case materials including police reports, scene photographs, and interview summaries to simulate a real case.
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Neigborhood Defender Services - Detroit: TTA on the use of experts and investigators.
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