Polygraph

ScienceDaily reports on an article published in the journal Psychophysiology describing a technique adapted by Maastricht University doctoral student Ewout Meijer and others for use in combination with polygraph-based concealed knowledge testing. The abstract of Meijer et al.’s “Combining skin conductance and forced choice in the detection of concealed information” is cited here: An advantage … Read more

Gannett correspondent Michael Rispoli reports for the Asbury Park Press in “Conviction overturned due to polygraph test”: A New Jersey appellate court on Tuesday reversed the sexual molestation conviction of a Union County man due to the unreliability of a lie detector test given to him before he was charged with the crime. The defendant, … Read more

New York Times journalist Alan Feuer reports on the case of polygraph victim Abdallah Higazy in “Lawsuit Is Reinstated for Man Wrongly Suspected in 9/11”: A federal appeals court in Manhattan yesterday reinstated a lawsuit against the F.B.I. that was brought five years ago by an Egyptian student wrongly suspected of aiding the Sept. 11 … Read more

New York Times reporters Duff Wilson and Michael S. Schmidt report: The former track star Marion Jones, one of the most accomplished female athletes in the world, is expected to plead guilty today to lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs, two lawyers connected with the case said yesterday. The admission would … Read more

In Elyria, Ohio, 18-year-old Willie Evans IV is standing trial as an adult for the 2006 murder of Michael Smith. Evans, who was a minor when the crime was committed, is being tried as an adult and faces the possibility of a life sentence. Ohio is one of a number of states in which polygraph … Read more

In “Web of Suspicion: An Agent’s Career Ruined,” Los Angeles Times staff writer H.G. Reza reports on the case of retired FBI special agent Rita Chiang, whose career was cut short in the aftermath of a failed polygraph screening examination. This case is eerily similar to that of former FBI special agent Mark Mallah and … Read more

New Orleans Times-Picayune staff writer Kate Moran reports that a former prostitute who claims to have been patronized by U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA) has passed a lie detector test paid for by pornographer Larry Flynt and administered by polygrapher Edward Gelb of Los Angeles. It should be noted that Gelb was exposed by AntiPolygraph.org … Read more

Sonja Bjelland reports for the Inland Southern California Press Enterprise in “Lawyer says polygraph clears ex-Riverside cop of Iraq killings.” Excerpt: A former Riverside police officer accused of killing two detainees while on duty as a Marine in Iraq passed a polygraph test in which he asserted that he had never been involved in a … Read more