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1/ In 1988, an SMU student was brutally attacked in her Dallas apartment. When police questioned her, she could provide only scant details about her attacker’s physical appearance. https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2020/memory-room-dallas-texas-police-use-investigative-hypnosis-to-convict-life-death-row/
2/ With no physical evidence or additional witnesses, the Dallas police case stalled. Two months after the crime, police turned to hypnosis. They wanted to put the student in a trance in an attempt to help her better describe her attacker’s appearance. https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2020/memory-room-dallas-texas-police-use-investigative-hypnosis-to-convict-life-death-row/
3/ Research shows hypnosis does not increase the chance of recalling accurate information. Yet a @dallasnews analysis found Texas law enforcement has performed at least 1,800 sessions in the last 40 years, sending dozens to prison — and some to death row. https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2020/memory-room-dallas-texas-police-use-investigative-hypnosis-to-convict-life-death-row/
4/ Hypnosis is still a tool law enforcement across Texas rely on for cases big and small. For example, the Texas Rangers performed a hypnosis session as recently as October in a murder investigation. https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2020/memory-room-dallas-texas-police-use-investigative-hypnosis-to-convict-life-death-row/
5/ During her hypnosis session, the SMU student finally made a statement that proved to be crucial. It was the break Dallas police needed.
Read part two of The Memory Room by @Dave_Boucher1 and @lmcgaughy, coming tomorrow. https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2020/memory-room-dallas-texas-police-use-investigative-hypnosis-to-convict-life-death-row/
Read part two of The Memory Room by @Dave_Boucher1 and @lmcgaughy, coming tomorrow. https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2020/memory-room-dallas-texas-police-use-investigative-hypnosis-to-convict-life-death-row/
