Sexual Assault Defense Book Released
Pattern Cross-Examination for Sexual Assault Cases: A Trial Strategy & Resource Guide published
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In their new book, Pattern Cross-Examination for Sexual Assault Cases: A Trial Strategy & Resource Guide, criminal defense lawyers, Michael Waddington and Alexandra González-Waddington, give defense counsel cross-examination questions that can be easily modified and used in a variety of sexual assault cases. The book will help defense lawyers cross-examine challenging witnesses without having to reinvent the wheel with each new case.
According to Michael Waddington, "Too many innocent men are locked up in prison due to incompetent defense counsel. We wrote this book to give defense attorneys the tools they need to zealously represent their clients."
The book contains thousands of questions to effectively cross-examine a variety of witnesses, to include: the alleged victim; crime scene investigators; sexual assault forensic examiners; DNA experts, hostile witnesses, and more. It covers a range of topics including: selective memory; victim injury; motive to lie; false allegations; false confessions; proper evidence handling; and more. Many of the questions are based on medical and law enforcement textbooks and training manuals that are used throughout the United States.
The book is published by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the preeminent organization in the United States advancing the mission of the nation's criminal defense lawyers to ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime or other misconduct.
About the Authors:
Michael Waddington is a criminal defense lawyer who has successfully defended cases in military courtrooms around the world, including Japan, South Korea, Germany, Iraq, Bahrain, Italy, England, and across the United States. Heʼs been involved in high profile court martial cases—from the "War on Terror" to the "War on Sex Assault"—and has been reported on and quoted by hundreds of major media sources worldwide.
He is the best-selling author of The Art of Trial Warfare: Winning at Trial Using Sun Tzu's The Art of War and the Trial Warrior's Book of Wisdom. He has provided consultation services to CNN, 60 Minutes, ABC Nightline, the BBC, CBS, and the Golden Globe winning TV series, "The Good Wife." He appeared in the 2009 CNN Documentary, "Killings at the Canal," and some of his cases have been the subject of books and movies, including the Academy Award Winning Documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side," and the 2013 documentary, "The Kill Team." Since 2013, Mr. Waddington has been an annual contributor to the American Bar Associationʼs publication, "The State of Criminal Justice." He is also a fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers (ABCL).
Alexandra González-Waddington is a founding partner of the González & Waddington Law Firm, and a Georgia Registered mediator. She has represented and defended hundreds of defendants charged with sexual crimes and has worked on some of the most notorious war crime cases stemming from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. A former Assistant Public Defender in the State of Georgia, Alexandra has worked on various types of cases, including rapes, larcenies, and white collar crimes. In 2015 and 2016, she wrote chapters in the American Bar Association books, "The State of Criminal Justice."
Media Contact:
Michael Waddington
706-664-1395
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http://www.ucmjdefense.com/
SOURCE Gonzalez & Waddington, LLC
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