Comments on: A Not So Esoteric Saturday http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/05/26/a-not-so-esoteric-saturday/ Fri, 18 May 2012 09:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Transparent Hypnotist http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/05/26/a-not-so-esoteric-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-50 The Transparent Hypnotist Mon, 28 May 2007 13:18:00 +0000 http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/?p=45#comment-50 Thanks Michael! <br/><br/>That really makes sense about the leading questions. <br/><br/>Did your personal experience with a judge involve hypnosis? Thanks Michael!

That really makes sense about the leading questions.

Did your personal experience with a judge involve hypnosis?

]]> By: Anonymous http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/05/26/a-not-so-esoteric-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Anonymous Sat, 26 May 2007 18:33:00 +0000 http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/?p=45#comment-49 The key here, I think, lies in the statement that the witness's mother "asked him questions about the killing". <br/><br/>I don't pretend for a moment to be an expert in forensic hypnosis -- for that you should talk to Marx Howell -- but I do know that most states are very, very touchy about witnesses who have been questioned using hypnosis. Those that do allow it require strict controls so that the whole issue of leading questions can be resolved cleanly. By asking her son about the crime while he was in hypnosis, the mother has created the possibility that some of his statements were influenced, even if not deliberately, by those questions. Think of it as a mild version of the infamous 'false memory syndrome' issue.<br/><br/>Aside from the technical issue, though, courts are still run by judges and judges are still people. A few of them are pretty backward thinking people, too. I had a nasty personal experience with one such judge a few years ago.<br/><br/>-Michael Raugh, C.Ht. The key here, I think, lies in the statement that the witness’s mother “asked him questions about the killing”.

I don’t pretend for a moment to be an expert in forensic hypnosis — for that you should talk to Marx Howell — but I do know that most states are very, very touchy about witnesses who have been questioned using hypnosis. Those that do allow it require strict controls so that the whole issue of leading questions can be resolved cleanly. By asking her son about the crime while he was in hypnosis, the mother has created the possibility that some of his statements were influenced, even if not deliberately, by those questions. Think of it as a mild version of the infamous ‘false memory syndrome’ issue.

Aside from the technical issue, though, courts are still run by judges and judges are still people. A few of them are pretty backward thinking people, too. I had a nasty personal experience with one such judge a few years ago.

-Michael Raugh, C.Ht.

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