NLADA: Defender Legal Services - Forensic Science Resources

Welcome to the Forensics Library. Browse the library by topic or search for documents by keyword. Some materials are viewable only by practicing criminal defense lawyers but most are open to the public.

We invite you to submit materials to the library. We welcome briefs, memoranda, transcripts, training materials, weblinks--anything that may help lawyers deal more effectively with forensic evidence. Click "submit a document" to upload materials directly from your computer. All submissions will be reviewed by the library steering committee before being posted for public view.

Forensics Library

False Confessions

Confessions--Model Pleadings

	*Sample Jury Instruction--Mass. Sample Jury Instruction per Com. v. DiGiambattista on failure to record. Drafted by NACDL member Michael C. Bourbeau with the aid of Dr. Saul Kassin. Instruction was NOT given, but client was still found not guilty. [ Submitter: M. Bourbeau \| more info ]
	*Wisconsin v. J. , Amicus Brief on Requiring Parental Consent to Interrogate (Wis. Ct. App. 2003) Amicus brief by Children & Family Justice Center (Northwestern U. Sch. Law) & The Wisconsin Innocence Project (U. Wisc. L. Sch.) regarding presence of parents at interviews of juveniles and recording juveniles' confessions. ... [ Submitter: GF \| more info/full abstract ]

Back up to False Confessions