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  • Ask a Mitigation Specialist

    Ask a Mitigation Specialist – December 13, 2023

    Ask a Mitigation Specialist, a pilot resource program that allows defenders to meet directly and privately with a mitigation specialist for specific technical assistance. Complete the form below for a 25-minute session with experienced mitigation professionals. The information discussed during each session is confidential. Complete the registration form to request an appointment.

  • Presentation Slides

    Working With Families in Capital Cases

    This presentation addresses how trauma and disenfranchised grief can manifest in clients’ families, common challenges in relationships between attorneys and clients' family members, and strategies for navigating such challenges.

  • Cultural Competency in Capital Mitigation

    Scharlette Holdman Christopher Seeds

  • Put Down the Phone! The Standard for Witness Interviews in In-Person, Face-To-Face, One-On-One

    In this Article, a lawyer, a mitigation specialist, and  an investigator team up to explain why other approaches to investigation, such as telephone or remote video link, are counter-productive, prone to failure, and constitute substandard work. Authors: Sean O'Brien, Quinn C. O'Brien, and Dana Cook Mitigation Best Practices

  • Part II – How to Locate Witnesses and Find Out (Almost) Anything Online

    Presenter: April Mecham 2023 To protect the information being shared in this webinar, please do not record or otherwise duplicate this video.

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