
Phase 4: LOOK TO THE SOURCE
Here we address power problems
and the many structural problems
preventing the adversarial legal system
from resolving our needs for justice.
Now we present a viable alternative
to merely litigating for your freedom.
We serve needs, not laws
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ANNOUNCE
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ASSESS
3.
AUDIT
4.
AVOW
1) ANNOUNCE innocence viability
EIR filled out as best as you can and then initially sent to innocence project or other lawyer
nuance of viable innocence claims, of CJS faults, of widespread prejudices
2) ASSESS responsiveness
Gage responsiveness of powerholder recipients
encounter overlooked innocence
3) AUDIT interaction
Asking for engagement of facts– “what gets measured gets done”
mutuality of engaging each other's affected needs
4) AVOW resolution
Committing to resolve affected needs, if litigation option fail to provide justice then we move onto resolution track
innocence lawyers
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JUDICIAL SYSTEM: Litigation path
adversarial judicial approach:
overgeneralization, alienation, hostility
NEED RESPONSE: Resolution path
conciliatory resolution approach:
nuance, encounter, mutuality
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lawyer argues your case in court

lawyer cannot argue your case in court

alternative of need-response

responsiveness to judicial critique

court reverses your conviction(s)

court upholds your conviction(s)

legitimacy to arbitrate justice needs

resolution of justice needs

prosecutor accepts court's finding

prosecutor argues conviction finality

alternative of need-response

responsiveness to prosecution critique

court officially exonerates you

prosecutor retries case against you

legitimacy of adversarial approach

resolution of justice needs

applied for comp by deadline

law insufficient to address your needs

alternative of need-response

responsiveness to political critique

you finally receive just compensation

denied comp on a technicality

legitimacy of ideologically biased laws

resolution of public needs

on path to getting life back to normal

exoneration without support to transition

alternative of need-response

responsiveness to exposé of CJS

life no longer stuck in legal limbo

released without exoneration

legitimacy as trustworthy source of news

resolution of overlooked needs
local judge
local prosecutors
independent media
elected lawmakers
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After an innocence lawyer accepts to review your viable innocence claim:
Great! The 'Estimated Innocence Report' can aid the innocence lawyer to...
However, you are being pulled further into the same limited process that created miscarriages of justice in the first place. The more you succeed along their litigation path, the more they and others claim that the adversarial judicial system works--albeit painfully slowly for you. You remain trapped caving into their terms for respecting your needs. Their aim is to manage your pain. Our aim is to remove your pain by fully resolving needs: the resolution track.
After all innocence lawyers decline to review your viable innocence claim:
You can sulk in discouragement. Or shift from the standard 'litigation path' to our 'resolution path'. We send a copy of Impact Report A to your innocence lawyer(s): Resolution Call. This is an invitation to identify, address & resolve each other's affected needs. This introduces the benefits of need-response: mutuality, effectiveness, better impacts.
Litigation path
Keep hope alive. Help the innocence lawyer quickly assess your case. Provide case documents...
Resolution path
Let's shift focus. Away from what impersonal laws expect to what specific needs require for us to fully function. While no one sits above the law, no law sits above the needs it exists to serve. And no authority under heaven is greater than resolved needs.

what's their need?

then move on

unresponsive

what's their need?

unresponsive
Conviction integrity
To prevent, identify and remedy wrongful convictions
Four strategies types
1) Wait and see.
2) Transition slowly.
3) Dual track.
4) Only resolve.

innocence lawyer accepts to review case

innocence lawyer declines your case

Resolution Call

based on their particular reply

innocence lawyer can argue your case

innocence lawyer cannot help you

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court reverses your conviction

court upholds your conviction(s)

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court finds you innocent

court finds some culpability

prosecutor accepts court's finding

prosecutor contests court's findings

prosecutor accepts court's finding

prosecutor contests court's findings

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court orders your release

court doesn't order your release



you're released from state custody

you remain in state custody



you're set to receive compensation

you're not to receive any compensation



you receive full compensation

you don't receive full compensation


based on their particular reply

you're able to rebuild your life

you're unable to rebuild your life

