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  • Oregon Supreme Court Does Not Find The Reid Technique to be Coercive - Post Dated 12/26/2018
  • Reid and Associates Featured in the Series Criminal Confessions on the OXYGEN Channel - Post Dated 12/12/2018
  • Testifying in Court - Post Dated 12/04/2018
  • Legal Updates Fall 2018 - Post Dated 11/20/2018
  • References to John E. Reid and Associates in Making a Murder Part 2 - Post Dated 11/05/2018
  • Factors to Consider in the Evaluation of the Voluntariness of a Confession - Post Dated 11/01/2018
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Oregon Supreme Court Does Not Find The Reid Technique Coercive
In State v. Jackson (December 2018) the Oregon Supreme Court indicated that the Reid Technique is not coercive, and as with all strategies to develop information from a suspect, must be viewed in the context of the “totality of circumstances.” 

In this case the Supreme Court of Oregon found that the detectives “induced defendant to confess through threats and promises,” (which we teach NOT TO DO) and that under the totality of circumstances, the “defendant’s confession during two-day custodial interrogation by detectives was involuntary.”  From the Supreme Court’s opinion:
Reid and Associates Featured in the Series Criminal Confessions on the OXYGEN Channel
On Saturday, December 8, 2018 John E. Reid and Associates was featured in the series,  Criminal Confessions , on the Oxygen channel. The case is described on the  Oxygen blog page , and is entitled, “Man Violently Murders Parents for Their $240K Life Insurance Payout.” From the article:
References to John E. Reid and Associates in Making a Murder Part 2
In the Netflix series,  Making a Murder Part 2 , the interrogation of Brendan Dassey is discussed by Attorney Steve Drizen and Attorney Lauara Nirider during the first 15 minutes of Episode 2. (Attorneys Drizin and Nirider represent Dassey in his appeals). 
 
  1. The two attorneys are shown on screen giving a presentation to lawyers at Northwestern University Law School, discussing the Brendan Dassey interrogation. During their presentation they reference John E. Reid and Associates as the benchmark for proper interrogation practices and procedures. Specifically, they state that Reid and Associates teaches that using deception or false evidence “should be avoided when interrogating a youthful suspect with low social maturity or a suspect with diminished mental capacity.”