Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports. Excerpt: Requiring sex offenders to submit to random lie-detector tests during the probationary period after release from prison is not unconstitutional, but forbidding them from owning a computer may be going too far, a federal appeals court has ruled. In a pair of opinions handed down this …
Ranjani Ramaswamy reports for The Indian Express. Excerpt: Mumbai, January 7: WE wasted reams of newsprint wondering if Salman Khan had indeed been driving that night. His inebriation aside, how could it have been conclusively verified beyond any doubt that his was actually the hand on the steering wheel? The truth, concurs Dr C R …
Brendan I. Koerner writes for The Village Voice. Excerpt: Q: I’ve been asked by a potential employer to take a lie-detector test. There was a fair amount of pot smoking in my distant past, and I’m worried it’ll disqualify me from the job, which I desperately need. Aren’t there ways to beat the machine? Before …
The Saipan Times has published a letter to the editor from AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke. Excerpt: The CMNI Department of Public Safety’s decision to require Police Academy applicants to take polygraph tests beginning January 2003 is a mistake. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has recently completed a detailed study of polygraph screening and found …
Denver Post staff writer Ryan Morgan reports. Excerpt: Thursday, December 26, 2002 – Ben Aragon swears he’s telling the truth. The polygraph machine he’s hooked up to isn’t so sure. So Aragon, who has been taking polygraph exams since he was put on probation for sexually assaulting his girlfriend two years ago, is fighting the …
The following short article from the KETV website is cited here in full: OMAHA, Neb. — A racial slur found inside an Omaha police precinct has one city council member upset. Councilman Frank Brown said he wants police to take a lie-detector test. The slur was found on Thanksgiving Day inside the northeast precinct. Omaha …
Omaha World Herald staff writer Karyn Spencer reports in an article titled, “Closer look into slur requested.” Councilman Frank Brown will ask the Omaha City Council to press for further investigation into who wrote a racial slur at a police precinct. Brown said Monday he plans to introduce a resolution Jan. 7 asking the Police …
Saipan Tribune staff reporter Edith G. Alejandro reports. Excerpt: The Department of Public Safety yesterday disclosed that applicants for the new batch of the Police Academy will undergo polygraph test in January 2003 prior to the release of the names of those who will be accepted to the institution. Police Commissioner Edward Camacho and officer-in-charge …
Ryan Goudelocke reports for The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisana. Excerpt: They’re called “lie detectors” for a reason: For decades polygraph operators have claimed the ability to sniff out deception by asking searching questions and watching squiggly lines drawn on paper. And it’s a staple of crime fiction: Usually there’s a harshly lit room where …
Jennifer Muir and Emma Perez-Treviño report for the Brownsville, Texas Herald in an article titled, “Sheriff holds off on staff changes.” Excerpt: Administrative debates temporarily staved off Sheriff Conrado Cantu’s plan to restructure a troubled county jail staff Monday, but Cameron County’s top lawman said his department will continue considering options this week as his …