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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…
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Statewide Best Practices Committees for Prosecutors: A Nationwide Movement
Author(s): Kristine Hamann, Rebecca Rader Brown A prosecutor’s core mission is and has always been to promote justice and to protect the community by ensuring public safety. Over the past…
Read More...Prosecutor Seminars in Law Schools
Prosecutor-focused courses in law schools are an excellent way for prosecutors to expose law students to their work and to have students available to do research on prosecution issues. Statewide…
Read More...Community Programs
One of the many benefits of being part of the Best Practices network is the ability to share information with prosecutors across the country about promising programs and how to…
Read More...Considerations for Assessing Jailhouse Informants
An often difficult decision faced by prosecutors is whether to use evidence provided by a so-called jailhouse informant. Individuals, when incarcerated, may let their guard down with other inmates and…
Read More...Approaches to Reporting the Results of Investigations into Police Involved Fatalities
June 30, 2016 — Volume 15 There has been great scrutiny of police-involved fatalities and how they are handled by prosecutors. Here are four thoughtful approaches by prosecutors on how they…
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,…
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Witness Intimidation: What You Can Do To Protect Your Witness
Witness intimidation and witness tampering can occur in any case, from simple misdemeanors to homicides. It has a variety of consequences from the silencing of an entire community, to the…
Read More...Jury Instructions v. Expert Testimony
New Study: Expanded Eyewitness Jury Instruction Makes Jurors Suspicious of Any Eyewitness — Even in Strong Cases Defense attorneys are increasingly seeking expanded jury instructions on the reliability of eyewitnesses in…
Read More...‘Making a Murderer’ and the Ethics of a Private Investigative Project
“Making a Murderer” has triggered much discussion about the criminal justice system. However, it has also raised questions about the ethics of investigative reporting. The recent New Yorker article below…
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