PSYCH 2650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Miranda Warning, Reid Technique, Intellectual Disability
18 Oct 2016
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Investigation of crimes! police questioning and interrogation! police question potential witnesses and suspects, with the primary goal being to obtain incriminating statements and confessions! Many police follow the directives in the inbau/reid et. al. handbook! 8. ! having suspect orally relate various details of the offense! theme development! Helen wilson was raped and murdered in her home in 1985! 4 years passed with no arrest! poorly conducted investigations, interrogations, let police to arrest 6 people for her murder! most confessed and implicated others ! Leo"s expert report for the beatrice 6 civil cases! voluntary: no pressure! compliant: to receive bene t (plea bargain)! internalized or persuaded: come to believe they are guilty! Issue: can a false confessor recover under a state wrongful convictions act? expert testimony of dr. richard leo on dynamics of false confessions. Research on false confessions! when the person is convicted, it is dif cult to prove their confession was false!
