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Case of Ethics: Finding Birth Relatives
"Speaking hypothetically, if
I were the person you're looking for, I would not want to have contact with
someone who said they were my child. That happened a long time ago, and,
hypothetically, I would probably have another life now."
Now what? As an investigator hired
to find the birth mother of your client, how would you respond? What would you
tell the client?
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 Bringing
Professionalism to A Case of the Wrongfully Convicted
Should the defense investigator be concerned with the guilt or
innocence of a defendant? For those who are working a case
of wrongful conviction---you’ll WISH that someone had worried about whether
the defendant was guilty or innocent! Every case will be different. But in some
ways every case will be the same: the convicted will be imprisoned due to the
inexperience or unprofessional behavior of either the defense attorney or the
defense investigator—and too often of both!
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Freeing
Anthony Porter
In 1982 two young people died in Chicago. Shot at
night in a southside park. It was rumored to be a drug deal gone bad. But
Chicago cops don't always go after the person or persons that the neighborhood,
and especially the dead kids' family, knows did the deed. That's where
Anthony Porter came into this picture. It was, in cop vernacular, "his
turn."
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Creating Our
"Public Face"
The investigative report---an
invaluable marketing tool or the curse of death? Each investigator makes
this fateful decision, and unfortunately, it is too often a decision that is
made in complete oblivion to the potentially disastrous consequences.
"I’m already
established, so what does it matter?"
One well-written report,
packed with useful, pertinent information can do more marketing, promote more
goodwill, and more quickly establish a reputation of professionalism for our
company than will the many thousands of dollars poured into fancy informational
packets and brochures.
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