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The Prosecutor’s Crime Analyst – An Essential Employee
Authors: PCE and Gaelin Bernstein Read about the various essential tasks that a crime analyst can perform in a prosecutor office.
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Forensic Triage: A Guide for Prosecutors
Authors: PCE, NRTAC This paper, developed by PCE’s Executive Director Kristine Hamann and St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office Chief of Trials Rachel Smith, addresses the critical question of how best…
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Police Body-Worn Cameras: The Prosecutors’ Perspective
Author(s): Kristine Hamann As police departments across the United States embrace the use of police body-worn cameras, the cameras will inevitably capture a great deal of evidentiary material that will…
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Police Body-Worn Cameras: What Prosecutors Need to Know
Author(s): Kristine Hamann, PCE It is imperative that prosecutors be involved in the BWC uptake process as early as possible. The cameras will inevitably capture a great deal of evidentiary…
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Secure in our Convictions: Using New Evidence to Strengthen Prosecution
Author(s): Kristine Hamann, Rebecca Rader Brown In May 2013, a Colorado man fails to show up to work. Concerned, the man’s boss visits his house, where the man’s roommate refuses…
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Eyewitness Identification Toolkit
This eyewitness identification toolkit provides prosecutors with an overview of the research behind witness memory and offers guidance for developing identification procedures. Prosecutors should take the lead in making sure…
Read More...Video Evidence: A Primer for Prosecutors
Video evidence is exploding. Surveillance videos, YouTube clips, smart phone recordings and body worn camera videos are frequently part of the evidence in a case. This primer provides guidance for…
Read More...Recording Interrogations – Support by Prosecutors
June 23, 2016 — Volume 14 Around the country, prosecutors have supported the recording of custodial interrogations and have pushed for the creation of voluntary policies and, in some instances,…
Read More...Body Worn Cameras – Tips for Prosecutors
January 14, 2016 — Volume 5 Police departments around the country are purchasing body worn cameras (BWC) at an accelerating pace. Prosecutors should get involved in this process as early…
Read More...Going Dark
December 15, 2015 – Volume 4 Since 2014, Apple and Google’s new operating systems automatically encrypt their phones. This means that if law enforcement does not have the password, Apple…
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