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Article Completely Misrepresents the Reid Technique

Jan 14, 2025

In an article entitled, False Confessions, Technology, and Where We Go From Here, written by Brian Wallace and published on January 13, 2025 online at WebProNews , the author describes a number...

Previous Updates

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Sep 01, 2011

We publish a quarterly newsletter which typically features a number of legal updates, and every two months we publish an Investigator Tip. When these items are published we email them to all...

Delaware Health and Social Services extolls the benefits and value of Reid Training

Sep 01, 2011

In May of this year we presented our three day training program on The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation for the Delaware Health and Social Services Division of Adult Protective Services...

Legal Update Summer 2011

Aug 01, 2011

The sumer 2011 legal updates includes cases which address the following issues:

The Supreme Court holds that a child's age properly informs the Miranda custody analysisElements to consider in determining a juvenile's ability...

Investigator Tip for July-August 2011 - What Exactly is the Reid Technique of Interrogation?

Jul 01, 2011

Part One

Despite the availability of specific information in books, training manuals and on our web site about the Reid Technique of interrogation, it is routinely mis-characterized. The following description from...

CONVICTING THE INNOCENT Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong - a new book examining the issue of innocent people being wrongly convicted

Jun 01, 2011

In this new book written by Brandon Garrett, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, explores the circumstances surrounding 250 wrongly convicted individuals exonerated by DNA. In 76%...

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...

New study demonstrates 97.9% accuracy for behavior provoking questions

May 17, 2011

In a new study out of Spain, researchers demonstrated the value of using behavior provoking questions during investigative interviews.

Participants were 85 students from the University of Spain. Thirty-five were...

Legal Updates Spring 2011

Apr 20, 2011

The Legal Updates for Spring 2011 include the following cases:No Federal due process requirement to record the interrogationPolice must tell suspect undergoing custodial interrogation when his attorney arrivesCourt rejects the testimony of...

UPDATE - What do the courts say about the testimony of false confession experts?

Apr 15, 2011

(On August 13, 2010 we posted the original article on this information. Since that time we have updated the list with some new names and cases).

For the past several years...

The suspect claims the police "softened him up" by acting friendly - was his confession coerced?

Apr 15, 2011

In the Reid Technique one of our central principles is to always treat the suspect with respect, and to express empathy and understanding towards the suspect's situation. In the case of Sanchez...

New organization of the cases in our Legal Updates by topics will make it easier for our readers to access

Mar 09, 2011

Over the past several years we have published Legal Updates on a variety of cases that deal with interrogation issues. We have recently categorized them by topic so as to make it...

Testimony on False Confessions to New York State Justice Task Force

Mar 09, 2011

In front of a New York State Justice Task Force subcommittee on false confessions, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Welner testified to a stark lack of science informing the understanding of false confessions...

Winter 2011 Legal Update

Jan 20, 2011

The Winter 2011 Legal Update includes cases which address the following issues:Learning disability does not preclude a knowing waiver of the Miranda rightsCourt does not allow the testimony of Dr. Richard Leo...

New Reid training program now available

Jan 17, 2011

In order to meet the needs of those organizations and individuals who conduct investigative interviews but may not engage in any type of accusatory interrogation, John E. Reid and Associates has developed...

Book recognizes John E. Reid and Associates as the leader in interview and interrogation training

Jan 04, 2011

The book, Interrogations, Confessions, and Entrapment, Volume 20, by G. Daniel Lassiter, contains the following:

"...to be sure, many urban police have received general instruction in interrogation methods and the law...

Investigators Tip: Jan.Feb. 2011

Jan 01, 2011

One of the most controversial aspects of criminal interrogation involves the use of trickery and deceit. While Federal and State Supreme Courts routinely uphold confessions that were obtained from interrogations during which...

Model Bill for Electronic Recording of Custodial Interviews

Dec 29, 2010

In their 2009 article, "Recent Developments: The Consequences of Law Enforcement Officials' Failure to Record Custodial Interviews as Required by Law,' authors Thomas Sullivan and Andrew Vail offer a model bill for...

Reid graduates solve missing person case

Dec 23, 2010

Detective Thomas Martin and Detective Stefan Schindler from the Clayton County Police department in Georgia recently solved a missing person case using the Reid Technique. As Detective Martin said in an email...

New Canadian column discusses the Right to Silence

Dec 23, 2010

Right to Silence versus The Caution - The mystery by Gino Arcaro M.Ed., B.Sc.

Here's an open-book test: Find the phrase "Right to Silence" in a Canadian statute.Where is the phrase...

Fall Legal Updates 2010

Dec 02, 2010

The Legal Update for Fall 2010 features 22 cases which address such issues as:Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the trial court should have allowed false confession expert Dr. Solomon Fulero to testifyCourt...