ESi and the WACDL

Scientific Testimony and Reasonable Doubt: Using Your Expert to Make Skeptics of Your Jurors

The Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL) and ESi invite you to join us for a CLE course. Offered both in-person or online.

Date:                     Thursday, September 12, 2024
Time:                     Noon – 1:15 pm (PDT)
Location:              1201 2nd Ave, Suite 912 Seattle, WA  98101

 

Faculty:

• Dale C. Mann, CFI, CFEI, D-ABC
  ESi Senior Managing Consultant, Seattle, WA
• David Hammerstad
  The Law Office of David Hammerstad

 

Scientific Testimony and Reasonable Doubt: Using Your Expert to Make Skeptics of Your Jurors
A trial can be won or lost based on the mindset of the jury. A prosecutor wants jurors to be mini-detectives, filling in the "pieces of the puzzle" to convict your client.

The proper role of a juror is more akin to that of a scientist, starting with the hypothesis that the accused is innocent, and convicting only if that hypothesis is disproven beyond a reasonable doubt. Presenting scientific testimony provides the opportunity to model that mindset for the jury and provide ammunition for a compelling reasonable doubt defense.

This CLE shows you how you can use your expert to activate the inner skeptic in your jurors, using the example of a federal arson trial that ended in a 10-2 split for acquittal in the face of daunting circumstantial evidence. Dale Mann of ESi, the defense expert in the case, will share his expertise and insights.

 

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ESi at the WACDL Annual Conference

Meet us at the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL) Annual Conference.

June 6-8, 2024
Chelan, WA

 Attending:

• Dale C. Mann, CFI, CFEI, D-ABC
  Senior Managing Consultant, Seattle, WA
  Mr. Dale Mann is a certified Forensic Chemist with over 30 years of experience performing a wide variety of forensic analyses in support of criminal and civil investigations.

ESi Criminal Investigations and Litigation Support

ESi has assisted defense counsel in state and federal venues with hundreds of criminal investigations and file reviews including:

• Arson: Origin and cause, laboratory analysis, responsibility
• Terrorism: Explosives, manufactured IEDs, fireworks
• Drugs: Possession, illicit manufacture
• Toxics: Tear gas, poisons, chemical assault
• Scenario Recreations: Police Interactions, force evaluations, trace evidence analysis, firearms and gunpowder evaluations
• Property Crimes: Burglary, breaking and entering, trespassing
• Vehicular Accidents: Hit and run, driver dentification, accident reconstruction, visibility evaluations
• Violent Crimes: Homicides, assaults

 

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