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The DAMION Discovery module provides the prosecutor's office with an easy to use electronic discovery tool that increases office productivity and significantly decreases the hours spent preparing discoverable information required for disclosure.
Its purpose is to give prosecutors and their support staff an efficient tool with which to collect, annotate and organize discoverable information, and to place that information into a format that is electronic, portable and convenient.
Features
DAMION Discovery includes a Media Manager, or archive function, in which all files associated with the report or incident, are stored. This includes items such as:
- Scanned documents
- Video clips
- Photographs
- Word processing documents
- System generated documents
- Audio clips
Once the report or incident has been reviewed, and the decision to file charges has been made, the archived items and documents can easily be selected and included in the Discovery package.
Additional features associated with Discovery include:
- Complete integration with the DAMION Prosecutor module allowing a user, given the appropriate security access, the ability to view a linked criminal case, if applicable
- The ability to add an unlimited number of items and files to a record, for example, multiple photographs of a crime scene
- The ability to convert items and documents into a PDF format making them accessible to anyone
- Discovery package tracking options
- Archive and Collection Logs to maintain a record of progression
- Folder sealing options for the security of documents and items
- Team security functions allowing for the securing of records or a portion of a record
- Automatic page numbering (Bates Stamping) eliminates the need for manually numbering stacks of pages that may be associated with a discovery packet
Automating the discovery process can have several benefits for a prosecutor's office, such as:
- Reducing the manual handling of discovery documents, thereby saving time and money
- Reducing time spent making physical copies of discoverable information
- Reducing or eliminating the cost for reams of paper
- Eliminating error in transmitting discovery material
- Create a discovery package once and transfer the information onto a disk, CD, or DVD whenever necessary
- The package tracking feature allows the prosecutor or support staff the ability to enter all tracking information for a package, such as when the package was created, when it was sent to the Public Defender or Defense Attorney, and by what method it was sent
- Quick and easy access to all items or documents associated with a case online with a click of a button
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