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Welcome to ILE
As Executive Director of the Institute, I am delighted that you are interested in our research and professional service to the linguistics, security, legal and intelligence communities. With a small group of scientists, legal analysts and programmers committed to the highest standards for forensic science and civil liberties, ILE performs basic research so that attorneys and investigators can have reliable tools for using linguistic evidence with fairness and confidence.
WHAT IS LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE?
A text with some value in legal proceedings comes in many different forms to police officers, detectives, private investigators, security specialists, intelligence analysts, attorneys and private individuals. Some civil disputes are obviously associated with certain types of linguistic evidence, such as trademarks, service marks, and patent applications. In certain criminal scenarios, some forms of linguistic evidence are likewise obvious: a bank robbery note, a threat letter, a suicide note, a ransom note.
SOMETIMES IT'S OBVIOUS, SOMETIMES NOT
It is clear, from these kinds of documents, that linguistic evidence can play a crucial role in investigating a crime, and the crime with which such a document is associated is also obvious, (although sometimes this kind of document is a red herring to cover up a different kind of crime). For instance, in actual cases, a suicide note has been written to disturb or cover up a murder; a threat letter has been sent in order to mislead investigators away from conspirators.
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