Polygraph Critic Doug Williams to Testify in New Mexico Criminal Case

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Longtime polygraph critic Doug Williams, himself a former police polygraph operator, is scheduled to testify as an expert witness against the admissibility of polygraph evidence in a New Mexico court hearing scheduled for 30 May 2019.

Dr. Alan Vaughn Emamdee of Farmington, New Mexico faces an 11-count indictment for alleged sexual abuse of patients and seeks the introduction of polygraph “test” results as exculpatory evidence.

Williams, who has been subpoenaed to testify by prosecutor Michael P. Sanchez of New Mexico’s 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, can explain how anyone, innocent or guilty, can pass or beat a polygraph “test” using simple, effective techniques that he has been teaching since 1979.

Federal polygraph operators so feared Doug Williams’ teachings that in 2012 they targeted him with an undercover entrapment operation dubbed “Operation Lie Busters,” which culminated in his serving a two-year prison sentence. Williams was released from federal prison in July 2017 but remains under a three-year period of supervised release with a condition that he not engage “in any form of polygraph-related activity.”

The U.S. Department of Justice objected to Williams’ being permitted to testify for the prosecution in the New Mexico case, but United States District Judge Robin J. Cauthron nonetheless ordered the modification of Williams’ conditions of supervised release to permit him to “comply with the subpoena and testify in the New Mexico proceeding.”

The hearing in which Williams is to testify commences on Thursday, 30 May 2019 at 08:30 AM with judge Lyndy D. Bennett presiding. The case is State of New Mexico vs. Alan Emamdee, docket number D-1116-CR-201701042.

Update: On 29 May 2019, the defense rested in State of New Mexico vs. Alan Emamdee without introducing any polygraph evidence. As a result, Doug Williams was not called on to testify. Joshua Kellogg reports on what transpired in the courtroom for the Farmington Daily Times.

Update 2: On 30 May 2019, a jury acquitted Dr. Emamdee on all 11 counts.

Comments 3

  • Way to go Preacher Doug. We’re proud of you

    • Thank you for your kind words, your encouragement is invaluable. This has been a long and very trying 40 year crusade but I am still hopeful that I can achieve victory against the thugs and charlatans in the polygraph industry for the millions of victims.

  • Cheers from Sydney! Our APA Chapter in AU noticed the Doug Williams Polygraph Video which aired long ago in the U.S. now appears on the NITV Federal Services website under the Science Section Tab Link. Notated as ” Does the Polygraph Lie Detector Work”
    It appears NITV Federal Services is using Doug Williams video to promote the CVSA over the polygraph. The website is http://www.cvsa1.com.

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