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Experts urge Washington to adopt 'science-based' interview training to reduce false confessions
Summary
Two remote experts told the Community Safety Committee that report-based, research-validated interview techniques can reduce false confessions, increase courtroom reliability and lower civil liability; they urged careful curriculum review and safeguards for vulnerable interviewees.
Chair Goodman opened the committee’s public work session by asking two remote experts to describe law‑enforcement experience behind emerging, research‑backed interviewing methods.
Matthew Jones, a retired homicide detective and president of EVOCAVI, told the Community Safety Committee that jurisdictions are seeing more conviction‑review units and wrongful‑conviction litigation and that states should consider replacing confrontational, confession‑driven tactics with empirically validated techniques. "We are seeing a tremendous increase in the number of wrongful convictions cropping up every single week," Jones said,…
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