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This handout explains how defense counsel can request government-funded forensic expert assistance from a convening authority in a military case. Its sample request and accompanying guidance address the expert’s purpose, case-specific need, proposed work, counsel’s limits, and the legal basis for showing necessity under the Gonzalez test.
This 2022 affidavit discusses research and evaluation issues in a case involving online child-sexual-abuse images, emphasizing distinctions between noncontact online offenses and contact sexual offending. It summarizes recidivism studies and risk-assessment findings, then describes factors and professional tools relevant to evaluating risk and informing sentencing, treatment, and supervision decisions.
This 2021 sample affidavit explains how a forensic psychologist could assist defense counsel at sentencing after a client pleaded guilty to an adult contact sexual offense. It lists research-based aggravating and protective factors considered in a risk assessment and argues that expert testimony can help the court understand offense-specific risk, possible mitigation, actuarial findings, and treatment options.
