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Deficient Investigations · Wrongful-Conviction Review

Wrongful-Conviction
Review

Years later, the file still holds what the first investigation would not see: the alternative suspect never run down, the exculpatory lead never preserved, the theory that hardened before the evidence was in. Post-conviction review reads the file without the tunnel.

Attorney and law-firm inquiries only

The Scope

What this covers.

Within this engagement

  • Wrongful-conviction and post-conviction case review
  • Investigative bias and tunnel vision
  • Failure to consider alternative suspects
  • Failure to preserve exculpatory evidence
  • Homicide and serious-felony investigation review
How it is analyzed

The full original investigative file, re-examined against standardized homicide and serious-felony procedure: what was collected, what was ignored, which leads died, and whether the documented procedure supports the conviction narrative.

Engagement terms and the published fee schedule: For Retaining Counsel →

Questions

Before the record is sent.

Who retains post-conviction review?
Post-conviction and appellate counsel, innocence organizations, and criminal defense attorneys evaluating whether the original investigation followed the procedures the record claims.
What does retention cost?
A non-refundable retainer of $8,000–$9,000 covering 29–33 hours of discovery review, report writing and conferences at $275 per hour. Most reports are completed within the retainer. The full published schedule is on the For Counsel page.
Retain

Send the conviction record.

Attorney and law-firm inquiries only. Conflicts are checked before anything substantive, and you will hear about a conflict immediately.

Wrongful-conviction review inquiry

For post-conviction and civil counsel reviewing the original work.

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