Protect the Innocent and Identify the Guilty

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Jeffrey Deskovic was wrongfully convicted of murder. During the investigation Mr. Deskovic gave a false confession. The Westchester County (NY) District Attorney's office did an analysis of what went wrong

Oct 15, 2007

In part the report states as follows:

Police and Prosecutorial Tunnel Vision - The police focused too early on Deskovic as their prime suspect due, in part, to an inaccurate NYPD...

Reid Institute Members - The new Canadian Column is available on the Members What's New page ñ it is entitled, ìFrontline Interrogations: Solving the ëmere suspicion bindí

Oct 15, 2007

In the case of R.†v.†L.B. (2007) Ont. C.A. Gino Arcaro writes:

The best way to introduce and summarize this case is to quote the Ontario Court of Appeal in the judgment...

Forensic Interviewing for Attorneys

Aug 13, 2007

In conjunction with the Lawyer's Institute of Forensic Interviewing John E. Reid and Associates now offers to attorneys a continuing education program in advocacy which adapts non-coercive criminal interrogation methods for the...

Reid Institute Members - The June and July Canadian Columns: Right to Counsel: making a "fresh start" - Parts 2 and 3 R.v. Lewis (2007) (Ont. C.A.) are on the Members Whats New page

Aug 13, 2007

The June column is Part 2 of a three-part series that examines the growing frequency of pre-consultation and post-consultation interrogations and statements. Specifically, this case applies the interrogation "fresh start" concept that...

Massachusetts Supreme Court finds Dr. Saul Kassin testimony inadmissible

Aug 12, 2007

In the case of Commonwealth v. Robinson, the Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld the trial court's decision to reject the testimony of Dr. Saul Kassin. Quoting from the Supreme Court's opinion:

"A...

Defense experts on false confessions acknowledge lack of scientific foundation for their opinions.

Aug 12, 2007

In the case of Commonwealth v. Robinson, the Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld the trial court's decision to reject the testimony of Dr. Saul Kassin, because as the Supreme Court stated,

"The...

Update on Legal Cases - Update August, 2007

Aug 12, 2007

On a regular bases we will list under this link new legal decisions that address Miranda, confession voluntariness, false imprisonment, juvenile interrogations, expert witness that challenge police interrogation techniques, and many other...

Military Judge finds Dr. Ofshe theory regarding coervice interrogations was not based on rigorous scinetific analysis or even subject to scientific testing but was rather Dr. Osfhe's own subjective review of a group of particularly selected cases.

Aug 12, 2007

In the case of US v Wilson, the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Appeals upheld the trial judge's decision to exclude Dr. Richard Ofhe's testimony.

In their decision the Court of...

Testimonial for new Reid seminar - Investigating Use of Force for Field Supervisors

Jun 01, 2007

The Chief of Police from Roselle, IL, James R. Kruger, recently attended the "Investigating Use of Force for Field Supervisors" seminar and had high praise for the instructor, Chief Charles Gruber, and...

Researchers Continue to Get it Wrong

Jun 01, 2007

In the June, 2006 issue of , Dr. Aldert Vrij published an article entitled, "An Empirical Test of the Behaviour Analysis Interview." In this article Dr. Vrij (and colleagues) conducted a test...

Court did not err in excluding testimony of Allison D. Redlich, Ph. D. concerning confession voluntariness

Jun 01, 2007

In the case of Edmonds v. State, the Supreme Court of Mississippi upheld the Circuit Court's decision to exclude the testimony of Allison D. Redlich, Ph.D., "concerning involuntariness of confessions because, during...

Judge was reversed for not examining the voluntary nature of a confession

Jun 01, 2007

In the case of Commonwealth v. Miller, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts found that the trial judge committed reversible error for not conducting an evidentiary voir dire hearing re the voluntariness of...

Court upholds confession in which police lied about the incriminating evidence

Jun 01, 2007

In the case of People v Minniti the Illinois Appellate Court upheld a confession that resulted from an interrogation in which the police misrepresented the evidence against the suspect. "The defendant contends...

May Canadian Column: Right to Counsel: making a

Jun 01, 2007

I. The issue: split interrogation
On May 8, 2007, the Ontario Court of Appeal released a decision in R.v. Lewis (2007) that will be explain in a three-part series. The central...

New! - PoliceLink.com Partnership

May 05, 2007

As part of our continued commitment to officer safety and career advancement, John E. Reid & Associates has partnered with PoliceLink.com, the nation's law enforcement community, to provide training articles for all...

TV Station Does Story on Reid Seminar

Apr 26, 2007

'The Reid Technique of Investigative Interviewing for Child Abuse Investigations'

9-news in Syracuse NY reports how local police attend Reid training to step up their efforts to protect children after a music teacher...

When a custodial suspect says, 'I don't want to give up any right, though, if I don't got no lawyer.' must the interrogator stop?

Apr 26, 2007

In the case of State v. Gobert, the Texas Court of Appeals upheld the trial court's conclusion that this was an unequivocal invocation of the right to counsel:

"At issue is...

Subject Interview Sheets now available for Reid Institute Members

Apr 25, 2007

As a member of the Reid Institute you can download a copy of our Subject Interview Sheet as often as you need to at no charge.

Continued exhortations to tell the truth and references to religious beliefs do not render a confession inadmissible

Apr 21, 2007

In the case of State v. Blank, the Supreme Court of Louisiana relied on the videotape of the interrogation to uphold the admissibility of a confession the defendant claimed was coerced as...

Offer to work with police in exchange for favorable recommendation to prosecutor upheld

Apr 18, 2007

In the case of State v. Moore, the Washington Court of Appeals ruled that:

"Here, the trial court found that the offer to Moore (to work with the police in exchange for a...