Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
On 17 July 2006, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in State v. Castagna et al. that the trial court erred in not permitting the defendants, who were charged for the killing of a bar patron, to present evidence that a prosecution witness, Violet Arias, had failed a polygraph examination administered by New Jersey State …
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television program Catalyst examined lie detection in an episode titled, “To Catch a Liar”: How good are you at spotting a lie? We’re lied to up to 100 times a day, yet research shows fewer than one in a 1000 people can reliably detect lies. But science has declared a …
Chris Durant of the Eureka, California Times-Standard reports in “Rape sentencing awaiting polygraph results”: EUREKA — The four men who are accused of holding a woman in their Whitethorn home in March and repeatedly raping her entered guilty pleas to some charges Monday, but their exact sentences won’t be determined until after each are polygraphed. …
A committee of the Israeli parliament, or Knesset, is proceding with legislation that would ban polygraphs from the workplace. Sheera Claire Frankel reports for the Jerusalem Post: The Knesset Labor, Health and Sports Committee moved forward on a law to ban the use of Knesset polygraph testing in the workplace on Monday. MK Zahava Gal-On …