This webinar is part of a 10-episode podcast-style series focused on the foundational elements of prosecuting intimate partner violence cases (IPV). In each episode, AEquitas Attorney Advisor Jane Anderson engages in conversations with other AEquitas staff, former prosecutors with years of experience prosecuting IPV.
In this episode, Jane and Attorney Advisor John Wilkinson discuss the co-occurrence of witness intimidation and intimate partner violence. They explore how collaborating with allied professionals can improve victim safety and how admitting evidence of witness intimidation can enhance prosecutions. This discussion highlights why victims of IPV often recant their reports of violence, as well as the trial techniques that can be used in the event that victims are unavailable to testify or recant their testimony.
At the conclusion of this presentation, viewers will be better able to:
- Identify overt and subtle forms of intimidation;
- Proactively investigate intimidation; and
- Litigate motions to admit evidence under the Forfeiture by Wrongdoing doctrine.
Additional resources related to this episode:
- Field Guide to Witness Intimidation by AEquitas
- Legal Jiu-Jitsu for Prosecutors in Intimate Partner Violence Cases: Forfeiture by Wrongdoing by Teresa M. Garvey, AEquitas Attorney Advisor Emeritus
- No Victim? Don’t Give Up: Creative Strategies in Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases Using Forfeiture by Wrongdoing and Other Evidence-Based Techniques by Jennifer Gentile Long, CEO, AEquitas, and Teresa M. Garvey, AEquitas Attorney Advisor Emeritus
- The Prosecutors’ Resource on Forfeiture by Wrongdoing by AEquitas
