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False Confession Experts
Information For Attorneys and Law Enforcement Officers regarding the Reid Technique and What False Confession Experts Say During Their Testimony and in Their Reports
Sep 10, 2024
The following are Investigator Tips that we have posted on our website in recent years that will provide helpful information to Law Enforcement Officers and Attorneys who deal with the issues of...
Responding to a False Confession Expert in Your Case
Apr 09, 2024
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...
The American Psychology-Law Society Conference March 2024 - Misinformation
Mar 29, 2024
The Reid Technique - A Model for Proper Interviewing and Interrogation Procedures
At the American Psychology-Law Society conference in Los Angeles in March 2024, there were several references to the idea that...
Police-Induced Confessions, 2.0: Risk Factors and Recommendations - Reid Comments
Mar 25, 2024
In 2010 an article entitled, “Police-Induced Confessions: Risk Factors and Recommendations” was published - Law Hum Behav 2010 Feb; 34(1):49-52. Recently a draft of an updated version was circulated for comment. The...
What Do False Confession Experts Say in Their Reports?
Nov 29, 2023
The following represents the type of observations, assessments and opinions Dr. Richard Leo (and other social psychologists) offer/include in their reports and testimony when they are acting on behalf of the defendant...
False Confession Expert Richard Leo Uses John E. Reid as the Benchmark for Proper Interrogation Procedures
Jul 06, 2023
False Confession Expert Richard Leo Uses John E. Reid as the Benchmark for Proper Interrogation Procedures
There certainly is a paradox involved in the testimony of false confession expert Richard Leo when...
New Investigator Tip Published
Mar 06, 2023
We have published our latest Investigator Tip on our website entitled, "The Truth about the Research Social Psychologists Use as the Basis for Testimony Regarding False Confessions."
New Video Posted on our YouTube Channel
Mar 06, 2023
We posted a new video presentation on our YouTube channel - The Reid Technique Tips. The new video presentation is entitled "False Confession Experts Only Tell You Part of the Story"
Creating a False Narrative - How They Intentionlly Mislead You
Feb 26, 2022
Creating a False Narrative - How They Intentionally Mislead You
Almost without exception, when a defense attorney, social psychologist or academician describes the Reid Technique, they start the discussion with statements along...
Dr. Richard Leo offers erroneous testimony about The Reid Technique (part 1 of 2)
Jul 22, 2013
In a deposition he gave in April 2013 Dr. Richard Leo made numerous erroneous statements about the Reid Technique and repeatedly mischaracterized the Reid process.
Dr. Richard Leo offers erroneous testimony about The Reid Technique (part 2 of 2)
Jul 22, 2013
In a deposition he gave in April 2013 Dr. Richard Leo made numerous erroneous statements about the Reid Technique and repeatedly mischaracterized the Reid process.
Court finds that the research by false confession expert Dr. Richard Leo utilized
Sep 29, 2012
In the case People v. Kowalski (July 2012) the Michigan Supreme Court ruled as follows:
"The circuit court excluded the testimony of two experts regarding the occurrence of false confessions and...
What is the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale ("GSS")?
Sep 29, 2012
In the case State v. Wright (Jan 2012) Dr. Daniel Martel. a forensic neuro-psychologist, testified about his use of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale, and from the court opinion, described GSS as follows:
Another example of how false confession experts misrepresent the Reid Technique - Richard Leo and Deborah Davis
Sep 29, 2012
In an article published earlier this year, The Problem of Interrogation-Induced False Confession: Sources of Failure in Prevention and Detection, the authors, Dr. Richard Leo and Deborah Davis, continue the trend of...
Expert witness testifies that the frequency of false confessions is one hundredth of one percent.
May 30, 2012
In the murder trial of Adrian Thomas in Troy, New York, the prosecution's expert witness at the Frye hearing, Professor Paul Cassell, conclusively opined thataccording to FBI figures, there are 900,000 arrests...
Example of how false confession experts misrepresent the Reid Technique - Dr. Solomon Fulero
May 14, 2012
In the case State v. Wright (Jan. 2012) Dr. Solomon Fulero, Professor of Psychology at Sinclair College, offered testimony about the Reid Technique - his testimony (quoted below) provides a perfect example...
NY's top court rejects appeal of confession (Rejects Dr.Ofshe testimony of false confessions)
Apr 02, 2012
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN
Associated press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's top court on Thursday upheld the child rape conviction of a Queens woman who said her confession was coerced by...
Misrepresentations made about the Reid Technique - the correct information
Mar 11, 2012
Over the years a number of misrepresentations and statements containing misinformation have been made about The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation by "false confession experts," academicians and the media. We have...
Video presentation by Dr. Richad Leo in which he gives his description of the Reid Technique
Oct 12, 2011
On their website, The Innocence Legal Team, offers a video presentation by Dr. Richard Leo of his description of the Reid Technique (which he also calls the Reid Method). The presentation can...
Court rejects the testimony of Professor Alan Hirsch - no evidence the Reid Technique produces false confessions
May 31, 2011
In the case of US v. Jacques, May 2011, the US District Court of Massachusetts rejected the proffered testimony of defense expert Professor Alan Hirsch on the issue of false confessions, stating...