criminal defense

Part 3: How PIs can help the defense team identify and interview potential witnesses and pick apart the crime scene investigation. Read More

Interviewing is one of the fundamental skills required of almost every public and private sector investigator.  Brandon Perron, CCDI, is a General in our profession.  He is known to many of us as a devoted criminal defense investigator, founder of the Criminal Defense Read More

If you’re a busy attorney, and you’ve never considered hiring a private investigator, you’re throwing away money. No matter how skilled, experienced, or efficient you are, you can’t possibly get to all the work that crosses your desk. You can’t do Read More

U.S Supreme Court Considers Death-Sentenced Inmate’s Request for Replacing Habeas Counsel The Supreme Court will consider Clair’s previous counsel’s failure to analyze and submit newly discovered evidence by C. J. FORD as a factor in their decision. WASHINGTON D.C Read More

“The right of one charged with crime to counsel may not be deemed fundamental and essential to fair trials in some countries, but it is in ours.” – Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) This is an ISPLA update on part of our work the past year with Equal Justice, Sixth Amendment, Read More

In Criminal defense investigations a comprehensive examination of the prosecution’s evidence can reveal the flaws of inconsistencies, errors, and omissions.  An attack upon the very foundation of their case can topple the inverted pyramid supporting the theory of prosecution.   Read More

The March 2010 podcast of The American Private Investigator with your host, Paul Jaeb, digs into property title forensics research methods and the types of patterns typically revealed, ISPLA’s recent activity with indigent criminal defense issues, positive feedback on ISPLA’s Read More

At the invitation of the U.S. Department of Justice, Investigative & Security Professionals for Legislative Action board member Nicole Bocra and government affairs director Bruce Hulme participated in the National Symposium on Criminal Defense last week in Washington, D.C.  Read More