Rahul Balaram, California Attorney Discusses Five Benefits of Transcribing a Client’s Police Interviews
Originally published on newsblaze.com Defense attorneys have complex and challenging jobs in making strategic and legal decisions in every case. Some standard practices can make the job more streamlined and efficient, including transcribing police interviews. In this article, criminal defense attorney Rahul Balaram looks at five critical benefits resulting from transcribing police interviews with criminal defendants. 1. Accurate Transcriptions Support Superior Organization Professional and accurate transcription of police interviews includes clear identification of multiple speakers and timestamps, which provide tools for organizing information in ways that can be objectively set out. Accurate transcription prevents subjective editing or summarizing by prosecutors or state officers. Transcriptions can be adapted to make excellent exhibits for judges and jurors regarding the actual substance of police interviews and statements made by criminal defendants. 2. Defen...