AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety has ended the controversial practice of using hypnosis to investigate crimes.
A department spokesman said the hypnosis program ended in January 2021, more than forty years after its inception, because its officers are now relying on better investigative practices.
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Holy hell. Start the lawsuits and chase Andy psych person who helped with this from the profession. Hypnosis is not a tool for discovering truth or hidden memories. Just f’n amazing in all bad waysReport
I guess we can set the timeline the Rangers were infiltrated by the good idea fairies.Report
Heh. I assumed this was a story about baseball…Report
Is evidence thus obtained actually admissible in court, or just used to get leads for further investigation? I couldn’t really tell from the article.Report
This article claims that it is admissible in Texas, suggesting that this is a bigger problem than just the Rangers:
https://www.kut.org/texas/2020-04-13/hypnosis-vital-police-tool-or-junk-scienceReport