ANAHEIM, Calif./EWORLDWIRE/June 23, 2008 --- C. J. Ford Jr., licensed private investigator who specializes in criminal services, is taking a different approach in handling wrongfully accused and conviction cases. Most common wrongfully accused and convicted cases are a product of prosecutors violating discovery laws, false eye witness identification, ineffective assistance of council, or police misconduct. Most appeals are based on ineffective assistance of council.That's why Ford has come up with an organization that targets investigative inefficiencies, whereas most innocence projects target legal inefficiencies.
"Most attorneys litigate cases. Most defense attorneys do not use investigators when cases are at the state level, and in the cases that they do, little time is put into investigative services. Decisions are handed down against defendants that would not occur if there was adequate investigative work done," says Ford.
Ford justifies his belief as follows:
When they say the State versus the Defendant, it is true. The State has the investigative resources, such as the police who respond to the crime scene, the police detectives, in some cases the coroner, and the DAs investigators. Hundreds of hours sometimes go into the initial investigation of a case. Defendants who thinks just having a lone attorney who litigates and makes a good case without an investigator fully investigating into the discovery are not protecting themselves.
"I think that an investigator first of all, should be retained to solve a case, not just to go out and take a couple interviews for an attorney," says Ford. This is why he focuses on fully investigating conviction cases that involve long-term prison time and death row cases.
"My cases are usually started after the first appeal is lost. We fully review all legal documents, police reports, and available evidence. We fully investigate all aspects of a case."
For The Innocent Resolutions Services works for the clients to fully investigate their cases. Cases are investigated to find new evidence, discovery violations, the real perpetrator, or other evidence to re-open the case or to exonerate inmates. Clients are charged at a fixed rate for services, and payment arrangements can be made.
Indigent clients can apply for services, if funding is available, through the C. J. Ford Foundation, which is set up for indigent clients. The foundation is a non-profit organization and runs on donations from private individuals and fundraisers.
C. J. Ford's Internet radio station has a segment called, "Wrongfully Accused and Convicted," which deals with alleged wrongfully accused cases in which families and friends - and sometimes even the defendant - are interviewed.
All of these services by C. J. Ford Jr. can be accessed online at 'http://www.cjfordpi.com'.
"I do not like to see innocent people incarcerated. Our goal is to get the wrongfully convicted out of jail, solve cases, and put the real perpetrators in behind bars," says Ford.
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