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CLUESONLINE™
Major Topics
Cluesonline™…the original online newsletter
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Educational, entertaining, and
essential---that's Cluesonline™!
Check the following list of major articles
published in Cluesonline™, since its inception in December 2000, for
information that may be vital to one of your current cases.
And don't forget to subscribe, so you don't
miss those important 2003 newsletters!
Accident Investigation
The accident investigator must be prepared for instant response to an
attorney-client's request. Kitty Hailey, CLI®, CFE, provided clues on how to
accomplish just that. December 2000
Arsenic Poisoning
Children are being poisoned are our nation's playgrounds, and in their own
backyards, by the wood used to build their toys---or are they? Cluesonline
Editor Grace Elting Castle took a look at the controversy.
The Question of Arsenic Poisoning from Treated
Wood October 2001
Autoerotic
Asphyxiation
A major investigative article on an often misunderstood and overlooked cause of
death, especially for teenage boys believed to be suicide victims. Written by
one of the nation's premier investigators, Don C. Johnson, CLI® of Indiana.
January 2001
Ballistics
Is the government's plan to promote
ballistic fingerprinting actually another attempt to prepare for confiscation of
our weapons? December 2002
Brain Fingerprinting
Cluesonline™ scooped the national press with this information from
Dr. Larry Farwell detailing his discovery and implementation of brain
fingerprinting! March 2001
Catholic Church
(see Sex Abuse below)
Cell
Phones
Check your policy on cell phone usage! Lawsuits holding businesses liable for
accidents caused by employees using company-owned cell phones while driving.
December 2002
Death Penalty
Cluesonline™ brings breaking news of the pros and cons of the death penalty
debate, wrongful convictions and executions. (For related articles see Wrongful
Convictions, and Executions)
Book Review: Women and the Death Penalty in the
United States, 1900-1998 December 2000
Innocent Man Dies on Death Row in Florida: Frank Lee Smith January 2001
Did He Die Innocent? (The Execution of Robert Eagle) March 2001
Survey Results: Death Row Inmates Should Be Automatically Entitled to DNA
Testing (100% agreement!) February 2002
Executions Double in One Year April 2002
Illinois Death Penalty Report Released April 2002
Drug Injury
Book Review: Drug Injury: Liability, Analysis and Prevention
Written by: James T. O'Donnell March 2001
Executions
As the death penalty debate rages on in the United States, and wrongful
convictions are overturned, many states continue with their executions.
Cluesonline™ brings news of executions of those who claimed innocence, and
those executions of major international importance.
The McVeigh Legacy (Editorial) June 2001
Innocent Man Dies on Death Row in Florida: Frank Lee Smith January 2001
Did He Die Innocent? (The Execution of Robert Eagle) March 2001
Executions Double in One Year April 2002
FCRA
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is quite possibly the most important
regulation for professional (private) investigators today. Cluesonline™ brings
to its readers the latest analysis and reviews.
The FCRA: Does It Apply to You? December 2000
FCRA Updates June 2001
Juries
Attorney Hal Lewis offered a guest editorial entitled: Runaway Juries? Not in
America!
January 2001
Kitty Hailey reports on her jury duty experience and offers helpful hints for
better educating potential jurors. December 2002
Listening
Effective Listening
By: Greg Bauer January 2002
Marketing
Business acumen if vital to the successful private, professional investigator,
and tips on marketing are an important part of the newsletter Cluesonline™.
The Magic Step: Marketing with Reports June
2001
Mercury Vaccine
Poisoning
The controversial surrounding claims of poisoning by mercury vaccine was
reported in the November 2001 issue of Cluesonline™.
Missing Persons
Locating Missing Persons
By Kitty Hailey, CLI®, CFE January 2002
Mold
Toxic mold cases are flooding the nation's courts and Cluesonline™ scooped
much of the national media with an article written by one of the first attorneys
to bring her client's case to court---and to have her client's house burned to
the ground! Read this informative article, and an accompanying article on how to
investigate such a case in the July 2001 issue of Cluesonline™.
Toxic Mold…A Case Profile
By Nancy K. Cary, JD July 2001
Slogging Through the Slime (Tips for
Investigating A Toxic Mold Case)
By Grace Elting Castle, Cluesonline editor. July 2001
Mothers Who Kill
(See Postpartum Depression below)
Native Americans
Court affirms South Dakota judge's
ruling requiring reimbursement of cost of "giveaway ceremony".
December 2002
Photography
Those Pesky Pixels. A Legal Investigator Looks at Digital Photography
By: Don C. Johnson, CLI® December 2001
The Magic Step: Indexing Photos January 2001
Police Brutality
The issue of police brutality won't go away in the United States. Kitty Hailey,
CLI®, CFE,
explored the problem and outlined investigative procedures in the June 2001
issue of Cluesonline™.
Postpartum Depression
Where Has All the Compassion Gone?
Editorial re mothers who kill written by Grace Elting Castle, Cluesonline Editor
March 2002
Subscriber Comment April 2002
Prescription Drugs
(See "Drug Injury" above)
Professionalism
Cluesonline™ was founded to assist in the ongoing battle to acquire respect
for the investigative profession.
Repeat After Me: Professionalism
A Call to Action by the Editor of Cluesonline™ October 2002
Privacy
The battle over privacy---who gets it and who doesn't---has occupied the time
and energy of nearly every state and national professional investigation
association for the past half decade. As the battle rages on, Cluesonline™
brings food for thought to the readers.
Getting Sick of the Privacy Issue? February
2001
Privacy Issues: The Battle Rages On, Often in Subtle Ways November 2001
Investigators Losing Legislative Battle (Reprint from NCISS) February 2002
Religion
Religion and Profession: Where Do We Draw the Line?
By Kitty Hailey, CLI®, CFE
Report Writing
It is doubtful there is any more important skill to be possessed by the
professional investigator than that of accurate report writing.
The Magic Step: Marketing With Reports June
2001
Tighten It Up! Making Your Reports Concise By Dumping Words and Phrases March
2002
More of Those Pesky Words October 2002 November 2002
Right
to Bear Arms
California court rules that Second
Amendment right to bear arms does not apply to citizens, only to state
government. December 2002
Sex Abuse
As the media frenzy surrounding exposure of the sex abuse of the nation's
children by priests in the Catholic Church finally got the attention of the
Pope, Cluesonline™ reminded its readers that this had been an ongoing problem
of which he should have been aware at least two decades ago.
Questions to Ponder March 2002
Was It The Power of the Press? April 2002
Slaves
Cluesonline™ Editor Grace Elting Castle explored the possibility of a slave
case investigation and offered tips. January 2001
Statements
Taking witness statements is a basic skill for private, professional
investigators, but the successful ones are always looking for new information.
Cluesonline™ provided a useful tip in "The Magic Step," December
2000.
Tobacco
January 2001
Book Review: A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle With A Deadly
Industry (Tobacco Industry) Written by Dr. David Kessler
Toxic Mold
(See Mold above)
Treated Wood
(See Arsenic Poisoning above)
Vaccine
(See Mercury Vaccine
above)
Websites
The successful, professional, private investigator has a well-designed
attractive website. Edie Elting, the Cluesonline™ webmaster, offers useful,
detailed tips for getting the most out of your website. Plus, every issue of the
newsletter contains URLs for numerous websites of importance to PIs.
Yes, Virginia, You Do Need A Website! November
2001
A Match Made In Heaven: Finding Your Web Designer December 2001
Watching Your Website Develop January 2002
You've Built It-Now How Do You Get Them To Come? March 2002
Work
Product
The eternal question of whether the notes, reports and other materials generated
by private (professional) investigators are discoverable was explored in an
article by Howard Eisenberg, dean and professor of Marquette Law School. May
2001
Survey: 100% support for nationwide legal
definition of "work product" as it relates to professional
investigators March 2002
Wrongful Convictions
Cluesonline editor, Grace Elting Castle, has been actively involved in
investigating what she has termed "our nation's most shameful
disgrace." Cluesonline™ has carried these articles, in addition to the
special section at www.cluesonline.com/wrongful_convictions.htm
Copies may be ordered by clicking on the date following the article.
Innocent Man Dies on Death Row in Florida:
Frank Lee Smith January 2001
Book Review: Actual Innocence Written by Jim Dwyer, Barry Scheck and Peter
Neufeld January 2001
Did He Die Innocent? (The Execution of Robert Eagle) March 2001
In the News: The Beazley Case (Texas) August 2001
Investigating the Wrongful Conviction Case April 2002
Book Review: Prison Writings..My Life is My Sundance (Leonard Peltier) January
2001
Leonard Peltier is Suing the FBI April 2002
Five New York teenagers proven innocent by DNA December
2002
Illinois Center stages walk by former death row
inmates to bring attention to wrongful convictions December
2002
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