Clearly, the justice system finds it useful if they continue to use it for interrogation purposes. The Reid technique is a specific technique and not difficult to understand. The Reid Technique has nine steps and, according to them, "the investigator is supposed to hammer home the unquestionable guilt of the suspect and emphasize the futility of denials in light of the overwhelming evidence, while at the same time offering sympathy and potential justifications that encourage the suspect. person to consider confession more acceptable” (32). Evidence suggests that these two approaches commonly referred to as minimization and maximization may contribute to false confessions (32). The effects of these approaches are obvious. Benforado says, “When minimization was used with students accused of cheating (“I'm sure you didn't realize how bad it was”), the rate of false confessions tripled. When the interrogator added a subtle suggestion of leniency in exchange for a confession ("Things could probably be sorted out pretty quickly [with a signed confession]"), the rate increased sevenfold.”