POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Mitigation Investigator – San Francisco (Hybrid, Flexible) – Full Time Exempt

Posted January 27, 2026 | Open Until Filled

Full Picture Justice (FPJ)seeks a Mitigation Investigator to conduct bio-psychosocial history investigations on behalf of our clients who face the death penalty and other extreme punishments within the criminal legal system. This work involves establishing strong relationships with our clients inside prisons and jails and frequent travel within the United States and abroad to conduct interviews and retrieve records that shed light on our clients backgrounds and upbringings, their unique strengths and vulnerabilities; then synthesizing these findings and research into clear and compelling written reports and presentations. This position requires tenacity, drive, and above all, a commitment to value our clients stories as instruments for transformation, to ensure the best possible outcomes in the face of extreme adversity.

WHO WE ARE:FPJ is a nonprofit mitigation investigation office and community resource center based in San Francisco, CA. Our mission is to fight the death penalty and mitigate the harms of extreme sentencing through life history investigation, client advocacy, and community healing. Our team comes from a variety of backgrounds and is known around the country for relentless advocacy, creative approaches, and winning results.

We conduct bio-psychosocial history investigations on behalf of individuals facing the death penalty. These investigations paint a full picture of the complexity of human lives in an effort to provide legal decision-makers with the information they need to arrive at life-affirming verdicts.

Through trauma-informed investigations, we have become intimately familiar with the risk factors that place folks in harms way and at risk for incarceration. In response, our community initiatives aim to build and bolster the support that is necessary for growth and resilience of those most impacted by death penalty prosecutions and extreme sentencing. These initiatives are led by justice-involved staff, including former clients who have been freed as a result of our work. Our organization was founded to disrupt the prison-industrial complex by redirecting its resources to impacted communities.

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