2-Minute Tip #10: Build a Repeatable Triage System
Success with digital evidence comes from process—not luck. Use the DECAM Method every time: 🔍 A – Assess: devices, [...]
January 2026
2-Minute Tip #9: Evaluating Digital Evidence Collected by Law Enforcement Gallery2-Minute Tip #9: Evaluating Digital Evidence Collected by Law Enforcement
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2-Minute Tip #9: Evaluating Digital Evidence Collected by Law Enforcement
Police may seize, search, or extract from digital devices—but discovery often lacks full transparency. Things to ask: • What [...]
2-Minute Tip #8: Retain the Right Experts
Digital evidence is only as good as your ability to explain and preserve it. Delays in retaining experts mean [...]
December 2025
2-Minute Tip #7: Get Ahead of App Deletion
Messaging apps like Signal, Telegram, and Snapchat are designed to erase or encrypt data. Once messages vanish, they are [...]
2-Minute Tip #6: Preserve Integrity of Digital Evidence
Proper principles of digital evidence collection prevents the change of important metadata. Prevent the spoilation of digital evidence đź“Ś [...]
2-Minute Tip #5: Gmail & Google Location Data Have Limits
Google retains Location History and Gmail content—but not forever, and not always fully. With consent or court order, you [...]
2-Minute Tip #4: Preserve Social Media—Now
Social Media content is easily deleted, altered, or lost—and screenshots are NOT enough. Evidence may live in: • DMs [...]
2-Minute Tip #3: Lock Down On Scene Video
CCTV and smart camera systems auto-delete video on a rolling basis—sometimes every 24 hours. Smart doorbells (like Ring or [...]
2-Minute Tip #2: Cell Site Data Disappears Fast
Location data from cell providers is often only retained for 7 to 90 days. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile each [...]
2-Minute Tip #2: Cell Site Data Disappears Fast
Location data from cell providers is often only retained for 7 to 90 days. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile each [...]
2-Minute Tip #1: Triage First, Not Last
Digital evidence is time sensitive. Treat it like physical evidence left in the rain. Begin every case with a [...]
October 2025
The Scope: Hundreds of Millions of Devices, Millions of Affected Defendants
Missed Digital Evidence? There’s a Way Back In Why Public Defenders Should Revisit Old iPhones in Serious Felony and Post-Conviction [...]
September 2025
A Pathway to Justice: The First Post-Conviction Review Criteria for Digital Evidence
In today’s criminal justice landscape, digital evidence plays a central role in most cases—but it is rarely revisited after a [...]
July 2025
Causes and Impact of Digital Evidence in Wrongful Convictions
Wrongful Convictions Happen The National Registry of Exonerations has recorded thousands of exonerations since 1989 and recent studies estimate that 4% [...]
The Evolution of Digital Evidence in Criminal Cases
The use of digital evidence in criminal cases has evolved over time as technology has advanced and now constitutes 90% [...]
The Need for Post-Conviction Review
More people have been wrongfully convicted due to digital evidence than most realize. Through our work with public defenders, we [...]