For public defenders, defense attorneys, and mitigation specialists

Build the mitigation case for sentencing.

A draft sentencing memo where every line carries its source. The gaps surface now, not in the courtroom.

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How it works

From a box of records to a sourced first draft

Four steps. Bring in the records, sort them into the domains a court weighs, see the gaps, and draft the memo.

Bring in the records

Add what you have from 8+ record custodian types. Aperio reads them and builds one sourced timeline of the client's life.

Sort into the domains

Every fact lands in one of 10 mitigation domains, from trauma, abuse, and neglect to mental health, education, and systemic poverty.

See coverage and gaps

Aperio scores each domain and shows what is thin. It tracks the records left to request and the people left to interview.

Draft the memo

When coverage is there, Aperio drafts the mitigation report or sentencing memo, with every claim tied to its source.

Holistic defense
Building full mitigation, the work Aperio supports, was linked to materially shorter sentences with no rise in recidivism. Harvard Law Review, 2019. External research, not an Aperio result.
Wiggins / Rompilla
Failing to investigate mitigation is a leading ground for reversal.
~286 hours
The RAND Corporation's 2023 workload standard for the defense of a single life-without-parole case.
Who it is for

Who Aperio is for

Public defenders

Carry a heavy caseload and still hand the court a full, sourced picture of each client's life.

Private defense attorneys

Pull school, medical, and court records into one timeline and a first memo you can edit, not write from scratch.

Mitigation specialists and defense social workers

Sort every fact into the factors a court weighs and see exactly which records and interviews are still missing.

Capital and life-without-parole teams

Keep a citation behind every claim so the life story holds up when the stakes are highest.

Trust

Built for the defense, confidential to your team

Your casefile is confidential work product. It stays yours.

Build the history. Find the gaps. Draft the memo.

Start with the records you have. Aperio shows you what is missing and hands back a sourced first draft.

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