Reconstruct the truth, frame by frame
The Forensic Timeline Builder lets defense attorneys construct precise, evidence-anchored timelines from multiple sources — body cameras, dashcams, surveillance feeds, witness statements, and police reports. Every event on the timeline is linked to its source evidence with frame-level precision. The result is a court-ready, visual reconstruction of events that can be exported for motions, presented to juries, and used to expose gaps in the prosecution's narrative.
A streamlined workflow designed for defense attorneys, not forensic engineers.
Import all case evidence — video footage, transcripts, police reports, call logs, and witness statements. Each source gets its own track on the timeline.
FrameCounsel's AI identifies key events from each source: spoken statements from transcripts, reported actions from police narratives, and detected activities from video analysis.
Add your own events, annotations, and observations. Drag events to correct positions. Link events across sources to show correlations or contradictions.
Export the timeline as a high-resolution PDF, interactive HTML document, or use the built-in presentation mode for courtroom display. Every event links back to its source evidence.
Purpose-built capabilities for criminal defense evidence analysis.
Separate tracks for each evidence source — body cameras, dashcam, surveillance, reports, and witness statements — displayed in parallel for easy cross-referencing.
Events are anchored to specific video frames, not just approximate times. Click any event to jump to the exact frame in the source footage.
Automatically identifies temporal gaps in evidence — periods where no camera was recording, or where footage was suspiciously interrupted.
Color-coded event markers distinguish between officer actions, defendant statements, use of force, Miranda warnings, and other critical event types.
Full-screen timeline display optimized for courtroom monitors. Walk a jury through events chronologically with synchronized video playback.
Every event includes a citation to its source evidence — video filename, timestamp, frame number, or report page — for use in motions and briefs.
How defense teams use this capability to protect their clients' rights.
Scenario
A defendant claims they were at a gas station at the time of the alleged offense. Defense has gas station surveillance, a cell phone call log, and a transaction receipt.
Outcome
FrameCounsel's timeline overlays the surveillance footage timestamp, the call log entry, and the receipt timestamp on a single visual timeline, demonstrating consistent presence at the gas station during the prosecution's alleged timeframe.
Scenario
Police report claims officers arrived and assessed the situation for several minutes before using force. The defense suspects the timeline was compressed to justify immediate force.
Outcome
The timeline builder maps the exact arrival time from dashcam footage against the body camera activation time and the first use of force. Total elapsed time: 47 seconds, not "several minutes" as reported. The timeline becomes the centerpiece of the excessive force defense.
Scenario
Defense needs to demonstrate that evidence was accessed and potentially altered between collection and trial. Multiple officers handled the evidence across several days.
Outcome
FrameCounsel's timeline tracks every access event logged in the evidence management system, cross-referenced with officer schedules and body camera footage of evidence handling. A 6-hour gap with no documented access becomes the basis for a suppression motion.
Evidence-Anchored Timeline Engine
Supports unlimited evidence tracks displayed in parallel with synchronized scrolling
Sub-second timestamp resolution using video frame metadata (typically 29.97 or 30 fps)
Automatic time normalization across different video formats and clock sources
AI event extraction from transcripts using on-device NLP models
Gap detection algorithm identifies periods with no evidence coverage
Export formats: PDF, HTML (interactive), PNG, and native FrameCounsel project files
All timeline data stored locally in encrypted project files
Presentation mode supports external displays up to 4K resolution
Common questions about interactive timeline builder.
Yes. FrameCounsel normalizes timestamps across all video sources regardless of frame rate (24, 25, 29.97, 30, 60 fps). It uses embedded metadata timestamps when available and falls back to frame counting when metadata is absent or unreliable.
You can manually add events to any track with a specific timestamp, description, and optional link to a document. FrameCounsel also supports importing structured data like CSV call logs, which it automatically converts to timeline events.
Yes. You can export the timeline as a standalone PDF or interactive HTML file that includes event descriptions and frame captures, but not the full video files. This is useful for sharing analysis with co-counsel who do not have the full evidence set.
The timeline itself is a demonstrative exhibit — a visual summary created by the defense team. Its admissibility depends on your jurisdiction's rules for demonstrative evidence. Every event on the timeline cites its source evidence with specific timestamps and frame numbers, allowing opposing counsel and the court to independently verify each point.
Blog posts, case studies, and documentation related to this feature.
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