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New 4 part article on the Canadian Supreme Court decisions which have revised the framework for Charter violations, the meaning of
Oct 07, 2009
Section 24(2) Charter: Rule changes - the "revised framework." Part 1
Introduction
The Supreme Court of Canada changed the rules again, in a series of landmark decisions released...
Newspaper article on Reid seminar
Aug 18, 2009
Reid seminar instructor Sergio Parisi recently presented our four day training program on The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation for the Floyd County Prosecutor's office. From an article on their web...
New Canadian column - Relationship between Polygraph, Right to Counsel, and Confessions
Jun 20, 2009
I. The polygraph paradox
A polygraph test is both part of the interrogation process and a separate, specialized interrogation strategy. In some investigations, it is the entire interrogation. In others, the...
Police did not coerce defendant's incriminating statements by conducting fake polygraph test in response to defendant's demands for examination (Sims, Acting P.J.)
Jun 01, 2009
People v. Mays C.A. 3rd; May 8, 2009; C057099
In their opinion the court stated "It is well established, the court noted, that a confession is involuntary if it results...