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Cold Cases & the LawParalegal Division Annual CLE Seminar
2019 Work Life BalanceJune 21, 2019
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WHO WE ARE
• Founders: Karra Porter (attorney)Jason K. Jensen (private investigator) Tom Harvey (newspaper reporter)
• Volunteers
• 501(c)(3)
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WHY WE EXIST
• Rosie Tapia • 300+ Utah cases• 40,000+ U.S. cases
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WHAT WE DO
• Rosie’s Law: Cold Case Database • Open File laws?
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24/7 Tip Line
•385-CLUE-313
• Spanish language line(status immaterial)
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Factors in re-opening
cases
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Public/family theories as to why unsolved
• Police don’t care (because not-Elizabeth Smart or Susan Powell/drug user/gay, etc.)
• Police are covering up• Police did it• Police couldn’t find suspects
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Families
• Locate• Photographs • Communication• Reassurances
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Research/Investigation
• Cadaver dogs
• Bullet trajectory • Bullet / firearms
evaluation
• Basement Body Search
• Newspaper/media
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WHAT WE WILL SOON BE DOING
Non-profit DNA testing
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Legal issues in cold cases
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Records
(Non-)retention requirements
GRAMA (public records)
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Defamation
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False light
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Rewards
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FOURTH AMENDMENT(search & seizure)
Private vs. government
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Right to fair trial
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Trespass / searches
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Citizen’s Grand Jury
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DNA issues
• DNA testing/privacy• The Gedmatch controversy• Challenging DNA evidence• Novel methods