The State Appellate Defender Office and the Criminal Defense Resource Center will present a webinar on “Litigating Coerced Confessions: Using The Social Science of Coerced Confessions in Suppression Arguments, Trial Strategy, and Post-Conviction Claims” Wednesday, June 11, from noon to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom.
This training will provide defense attorneys with new tools with which to litigate their confession cases at the pre-trial, trial, and post-conviction stages. The training will begin with a summary of the most relevant social science on coercive police interrogation and coerced confessions. It will then address strategies for strengthening suppression arguments on voluntariness and Miranda grounds, as well as tips for selecting and working with experts in the pre-trial and trial stages.
The training will also discuss how to respond to common arguments opposing expert testimony, and how to navigate some negative Michigan precedent on the issue. Lastly, the training will discuss raising novel postconviction claims—namely, a newly-discovered evidence claim based on the evolution of the science on confessions and interrogations.
Speaking at the webinar will be Lauren Gottesman, a staff attorney with the Strategic Litigation Department of the Innocence Project.
To register for the webinar, visit www.sado.org/go/FC25. Anyone with questions may email cdrc@sado.org.
This training will provide defense attorneys with new tools with which to litigate their confession cases at the pre-trial, trial, and post-conviction stages. The training will begin with a summary of the most relevant social science on coercive police interrogation and coerced confessions. It will then address strategies for strengthening suppression arguments on voluntariness and Miranda grounds, as well as tips for selecting and working with experts in the pre-trial and trial stages.
The training will also discuss how to respond to common arguments opposing expert testimony, and how to navigate some negative Michigan precedent on the issue. Lastly, the training will discuss raising novel postconviction claims—namely, a newly-discovered evidence claim based on the evolution of the science on confessions and interrogations.
Speaking at the webinar will be Lauren Gottesman, a staff attorney with the Strategic Litigation Department of the Innocence Project.
To register for the webinar, visit www.sado.org/go/FC25. Anyone with questions may email cdrc@sado.org.
