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“American Nightmare” survivors Denise Huskins, Aaron Quinn use their trauma to help retrain law enforcement
Feb 13, 2025
In a recent article published February 10, 2025 entitled, “American Nightmare” survivors Denise Huskins, Aaron Quinn use their trauma to help retrain law enforcement by Julie Watts from CBS News California Investigates...
Previous Updates
Legal Updates Fall 2012
Oct 11, 2012
In our Legal Updates Fall 2012 column we feature cases that address the following issues:
Court finds that the research by false confession expert Dr. Richard Leo utilized "unreliable methodology" and...
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...
Commentary: Detection of deception researchers need to collaborate with experienced practitioners
Sep 29, 2012
by Joseph Buckley, President of John E. Reid and Associates
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition April 2012
"In their research report entitled, "Eliciting cues to deception...
A Compendium of law relating to the electronic recording of custodial interrogations
Sep 29, 2012
This article, written by Thomas Sullivan and published in the March/April of Judicature, the publication of the American Judicature Society, details the current laws and judicial decisions related to electronic recording of...
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:
Interrogators should exercise special precautions when interviewing juveniles or individuals with mental or psychological impairments
Sep 29, 2012
Every interrogator must exercise extreme caution and care when interviewing or interrogating a juvenile or a person who is mentally or psychologically impaired. Certainly these individuals can and do commit very serious...
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...
Without a doubt, the 3 days I spent attending a Reid seminar were so instrumental in conducting proper and successful investigations.
Sep 29, 2012
I was an Internal Affairs Special Agent for the Justice Department. I attended a 13 week criminal investigator training course at FLETC in Brunswick, Georgia, and the training was quite good. However...
CBC story on The Reid Technique
Sep 29, 2012
The Canadian Broadcasting Company recently did an 18 minute report on interrogation practices - specifically the Reid Technique - called Truth, Lies and Confessions. The report is very negative about the Reid...
Canadian Judge finds interrogation process to be 'oppressive' - mislabels as The Reid Technique
Sep 20, 2012
Earlier this month a lower court judge in Alberta, Canada in the case R. v. Chapple, found that a confession obtained after an 8 hour interrogation was inadmissible because the interrogation process...
New Review of Criminal Interrogation and Confessions, Fifth Edition
Aug 02, 2012
The recently published Fifth Edition of Criminal Interrogation and Confessions, by the late Fred E. Inbau, the late John E. Reid, Joseph P. Buckley, and Brian C. Jayne, was reviewed for the...
Legal Updates Summer 2012
Aug 01, 2012
In our Legal Updates Summer 2012 column we feature cases that address the following issues: "I've given you what I'm gonna give you." "[I] "ain't saying nothing no more" Do these statements...
New Canadian legal column available for Reid Institute members
Jul 01, 2012
Attack on Reid technique fails. Failed attempt to prove a false confession.
R. v. Pearce (2012) MBQB[1]
By Gino Arcaro M.Ed., B.Sc.
I. Introduction
Picture this...
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...
84% of surveyed participants rate the Reid seminar better than any other training that they received on interview and interrogation techniques
May 30, 2012
84% of surveyed participants rate the Reid seminar better than any other training that they received on interview and interrogation techniques
In April 2012 we included the following survey question in...
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...
Miranda: Admissibility of Expert Testimony on False Confessions; Failure of Expert To Offer Case and Fact-Specific Basis for His Expert Testimony; Exclusion of Pro-Offered Expert Testimony; Dr. Ofshe <i>People v. Bedessie</i>, No. 46 (N.Y. Court of
May 06, 2012
Attorney James Manak writes a monthly legal column for our Reid Institute Members - the heading above is the focus of his April 2012 column - because it deals with how the...
Three new articles on Canadian cases posted on the Reid Institute Members page
May 01, 2012
We have posted three new articles by Gino Arcaro discussing Canadian interrogation cases on our Reid Institute Members What's New page:"Confession at gunpoint: The chain of events affecting admissibility""The balance of power...
New Canadian Column
May 01, 2012
Offer of help may jeopardize confession admissibility
R. v. Gilbertson (2012) BCSC[1] 20-04-12
Gino Arcaro M.Ed., B.Sc.
Part I - Editorial
As business owner, I find this...
Criminal Interrogation and Confessions 5th edition now available as an e-book. Save 40%.
Apr 30, 2012
The publisher of Criminal Interrogation and Confessions, 5th edition, has now made the leading text in the field of interviewing and interrogation available as an e-book for the remarkable price of $74.9...