Oftentimes the defense will present a "false confession expert” to testify that the investigator obtained a coerced and/or false confession. We have published a number of articles describing the type of statements that the “experts” make; the various factors that they consider in their assessment; and the type of reports that they issue.

Here are several links to those articles - please share them with your colleagues and prosecutors.

• The Disingenuous Testimony from Social Psychologists About the Reid Technique
• A General Outline of Richard Leo's Testimony on False Confession Issues and Reid's Responses
• What Do False Confession Experts Say in Their Reports?
• What False Confession Experts Say About the Reid Technique and Our Responses
• Clarifying Misrepresentations About Interrogation Techniques (updated May 2023)
• The Truth About the Research Social Psychologists Use as the Basis for Testimony Regarding False and/or Coerced Confessions
• Principles of Practice: How to Conduct Proper Investigative Interviews and Interrogations
• False Confessions: The Issues to be Considered
• What Questions Should be Asked to Determine the Voluntariness and Validity of a Subject’s Confession?

and finally, since these “false confession experts” oftentimes misrepresent the elements of the Reid Technique here are two articles that detail the Reid Technique interview and interrogation process.

• A Description of The Reid Technique
• Police-Induced Confessions, 2.0: Risk Factors and Recommendations - Reid Comments

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Joseph P.Buckley

President