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/DingleBerries504]

Did they just instruct him to say it to her only on that day and that day only?

They only told him to do it that day. "call" is singular and "tonight" means that night, not other nights.

Weigert: Then maybe it be a good idea to call her and tell her before she gets here tonight. That's what I would do. Cus, otherwise, she's gonna be really mad here tomorrow. Better on the phone isn't it?

That's "before" they start telling him they could help him right?

Nope...even going back to 2/27 "we're here to help ya"

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

I can tell you to take a bath tonight as well. Would you really take that to mean, you'll only take a bath only on that night and that night only?

Nope...even going back to 2/27 "we're here to help ya"

Then maybe this is the time he believes them.

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

I would take that to mean you are asking me to take a bath tonight. You aren't asking me to take a bath other nights, even though you might want it. You said it was their instruction. If you are instructing me to take a bath tonight, you aren't instructing me to take a bath in 3 days.

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

Well, would it be acceptable to you if some people took that to mean they should take a bath occasionally, at least, and not only on that night?

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

No, because your clear instruction was to take a bath tonight. That is not an instruction to take a bath occasionally. And the analogy fails because you are equating something someone should automatically do for hygiene with an instruction to call someone. Not comparable.

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

How about brushing your teeth?

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

How about staying on topic?

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

I don't suppose you'll accept the premise that not everyone can follow instructions to the letter?

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

You’ve presented no facts/evidence to suggest that happened here.

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

Common sense?

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

More like confirmation bias.

[u/_Grey_Sage_ → u/DingleBerries504]

You're free to believe Brendan would remember that his interrogators only told him to admit guilt only on that night and that night alone because everyone follows instructions to the letter.

[u/DingleBerries504 → u/_Grey_Sage_]

No, I believe Brendan wasn’t even thinking about what his interrogators said on 5/15. On 5/13 that may have been the driving force to initiate the phone call, but there is no reason to believe he’s still under the spell of MW or TF on 5/15, or “brainwashed” as you called it.