A body of research now suggests that the Reid Technique, first popularized when used in a 1955 Lincoln homicide investigation, can prompt false confessions from suspects.
Law enforcement leaders say its continued use is one tool of many in an investigator’s toolbelt.
Darrel Parker clocked out of his job as the City of Lincoln’s first forester and walked through the door of his Antelope Park home for lunch on Dec. 14, 1955…