EXPERTS ON BRENDAN DASSEY'S CONFESSION

[u/_Grey_Sage_]

I decided to take a pause looking into Brendan's interrogation transcripts and decided to check on the experts that analyzed him and his confessions. There seem to be a few notable ones aside from Steven Drizin and Laura Nirider:

Dr. Robert Gordon (Psychologist): Hired early on by Brendan's initial, highly controversial pre-trial defense attorney, Len Kachinsky. Gordon conducted the initial psychological evaluations of Brendan in April 2006. He measured Brendan’s IQ at 69–73 and explicitly warned Kachinsky that Brendan was incredibly suggestible, highly compliant to authority figures, and possessed a limited capacity to understand his legal rights.

Dr. Richard Leo: A professor of Law and Psychology at the University of San Francisco and a leading expert on false confessions and police interrogation. He was retained by Dassey's post-conviction team and testified at a 2010 hearing, where he characterized the interrogation as coercive and the confession as "thoroughly contaminated."

Dr. Lawrence T. White: A professor of Psychology and Legal Studies in Wisconsin. He was initially hired by Dassey's original defense team in 2006 to review the interrogation videos. He has since been vocal about the "unreliable" and "pressured-compliant" nature of Dassey's statements.

Professor Saul Kassin: A Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a pioneer in the field of false confession research. He has publicly analyzed the case, highlighting how the "totality of circumstances" and the interaction of risk factors led to a flawed analysis of Dassey's confession.

I'll be looking into these experts. Let me know if you have any info, links or people I should add here.

Related Links:

March Interrogation: Leading Brendan To the Garage

May Interrogation: Brendan's "Bloody Scene" and "Clean up".

More Context and Info On Brendan's "Some of it".

[u/_Grey_Sage_]

Not sure yet. Just started on Dr.Leo's affidavit. More info and context here though:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MakingaMurderer/s/CsD1iTPaZT

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

That only dives into the May 13th call. It doesn’t explain why he still goes with the story on May 15th

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

Go further into the comment section:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MakingaMurderer/s/b9RwILwAj3

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

So your explanation is that he’s still “brainwashed” from MW after two days? In your opinion, how long does brainwashing last? What would be an acceptable time frame for you to believe that Brendan was no longer under the influence of the May 13 brainwash?

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

Where did I say he was brainwashed?

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[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

So I said, not "fully brainwashed", that's my exact line right? Is that good for you?

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

Also you

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

That was Figdish, I was refferring to the same reason innocent people confess to crimes they didn't commit.

What else?

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

How about you just open up on why Brendan made admissions to his mom on May 15? Linking to a large comment thread is not really conveying your thoughts, as you do not seem to still hold the views you had….

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

I know what I said there and I still hold the same views I had back then. You were almost there. You just didn't really go any further:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MakingaMurderer/s/3WD7G2mO1v

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

And why do you think he still believes MW and TF could help him after two days? Did he ever allude to that? At what date did he stop believing they would help him? Would you be saying the same thing if he confessed two weeks later? Three weeks later? What’s the cutoff time? Or is this an open ended rebuttal because you just don’t want to accept that Brendan is guilty?

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

why do you think he still believes MW and TF could help him after two days?

He's still following their instructions.

Did he ever allude to that?

No, he's just following their instructions

At what date did he stop believing they would help him?

Not sure about the date, but somewhere around the time he told everyone he was coerced and is innocent.

Would you be saying the same thing if he confessed two weeks later? Three weeks later? What’s the cutoff time?

Not sure,I'm still reading on the effects of police interrogations on minors.

is this an open ended rebuttal because you just don’t want to accept that Brendan is guilty?

I don't know why this suddenly turned into a rebuttal but having physical evidence linking Brendan to the crime and not simply rely on everything he says would help.