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Articles on attorney-led AI, discovery review, bodycam analysis, technology-assisted preparation, and why human judgment still controls the defense.
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These resources explain how technology can support criminal defense preparation while strategy, verification, client counsel, and courtroom judgment remain with the attorney.
Read Travis Keil's letter on why he uses AI in his practice.
AI is changing criminal defense mainly as a preparation tool - helping organize massive discovery, build timelines, and surface inconsistencies that a human reader on a heavy caseload might miss. It does not replace a lawyer's judgment or strategy; used well, it helps level a field where the State has far more resources.
Read ArticleAI can help a defense lawyer handle the sheer volume of modern discovery - indexing documents, building timelines, and flagging inconsistencies across reports, video, and statements. But every flag has to be verified by the lawyer against the actual record, because a defense relies on accuracy, not on trusting an automated summary.
Read ArticleBody-cam footage is powerful evidence, but important moments hide in hours of recording. AI-assisted review helps locate key segments, build transcripts and timelines, and align the footage with written reports to find inconsistencies. But interpreting context, tone, and what the footage actually means for strategy still requires a lawyer.
Read ArticleAI is a tool, not a lawyer. It can organize and surface, but it cannot exercise judgment, carry ethical duties, verify its own accuracy, or know a client. Responsible AI-assisted defense keeps the lawyer firmly in control - using technology to be more thorough while making every strategic and ethical decision personally.
Read ArticleAt Keil Defense, AI is a tool the attorney uses to prepare cases faster and more thoroughly. It organizes discovery, builds case timelines, surfaces inconsistencies, and supports research. It does not make decisions about your case. Attorney judgment governs every strategic call, and every public statement.
Read ArticleBody-camera footage is now central to many criminal cases, and it cuts both ways — it can support the defense as easily as the prosecution. Technology-assisted review helps a defense lawyer get through hours of video, line it up against reports and statements, and find the moments and contradictions that matter. The attorney then decides how to use them. The technology surfaces possibilities; the lawyer makes the strategy.
Read ArticleAttorney-led AI tools help a Minnesota criminal defense case by organizing discovery, mapping timelines, and spotting issues faster than traditional review — so more of the record gets examined and fewer key details slip by. They do not replace attorney judgment, change the evidence, or decide the case. The lawyer verifies the work, makes every strategic call, and is accountable for the outcome.
Read ArticleA "72-hour hold" in Minnesota is an emergency hold for mental-health care — it lets a treatment facility keep a person for up to 72 hours (not counting weekends and legal holidays) when an examiner states in writing that the person is mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or chemically dependent and in danger of harming themselves or others, and that there isn't time to get a court order first.
Read ArticleIn April 2026, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in State v. Contreras-Sanchez that a Google "geofence" warrant violated the Minnesota Constitution because it was not particular enough — it gave police open-ended discretion to expand the search beyond the original location data. The Court did not ban geofence warrants. It held that location data Google stores about you is protected, that police need a valid warrant to get it, and that the warrant must be narrowly written.
Read ArticleAI-assisted discovery review helps a defense lawyer get through the mountain of evidence in a criminal case — police reports, body-camera video, recorded calls, texts, and lab results — faster and more thoroughly. It indexes the material, builds timelines, and flags inconsistencies and issues for the attorney to examine. It does not replace the lawyer's review or judgment; every output is verified by the attorney.
Read ArticleAI can help a defense lawyer prepare — organizing evidence, building timelines, and surfacing issues — but it cannot make the judgments that decide a case. Strategy, ethics, client counsel, plea decisions, and courtroom judgment are human responsibilities, and they stay with the attorney. The technology surfaces possibilities; the lawyer decides what to do with them and is accountable for every call.
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