Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
John Cook reports for the Seattle Intelligencer in an article titled “Judge frees Znetix pair from prison; death plot discounted.” Excerpt: Znetix defendants Michael Culp and Steven Reimer have been released from prison after a federal judge discounted statements of convicted bank robber Darres Park, who testified that the two men discussed killing an FBI …
Ryan Panitz reports for KTVB News. Excerpt: The Boise Police Union wants the city to re-evaluate the polygraph policy. The union says the police department’s internal rules about taking lie detector tests are not fair if Boise Police Chief Don Pierce does not have to take one. “The police officers are asking that the chief …
Starlyn Klein reports for KCBI-TV in Boise, Idaho. Excerpt: BOISE – Before the Boise police officers voted no-confidence in their chief, Don Pierce refused to take a polygraph test requested by the police union. They wanted to ask him questions about the shake-up at City Hall. Pierce also refused to meet with the entire union …
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Bill Zwecker reports. Excerpt: The Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck relationship is certainly being tested these days. And the failure of their first film together, ”Gigli,” could be the least of their problems. Foremost is likely the National Enquirer story–that has now taken yet another twist–about Affleck allegedly engaging in some raunchy behavior with …
Penny Brown Roberts reports for the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Advocate in an article titled, ‘Shocking’ discrimination suit kept alive.” Excerpt: A federal judge has refused to dismiss a former detective’s claims that he endured racial harassment and discrimination in the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office for years, and was wrongly fired for assisting a 2001 Louisiana …
Charles P. Pierce writes on pre-employment polygraph screening in the cover story of the 3 August 2003 edition of the Boston Globe Magazine. Excerpt: WAS HE SWEATING? Of course he was sweating. But he didn’t want to be sweating, and he didn’t want his heart to race this way, because he knew what that did …
Optics.org reports on a recent patent application in its “Patent Highlights” feature: Title: Non-invasive polygraph technology based on optical analysisApplicant: Defense Group, USInternational application number: WO 03/057003Infrared laser pulses could soon be used to determine whether someone is telling the truth or is under stress. In patent application WO 03/057003, US firm Defense Group describes …
The following was posted to the SW Virginia law blog : Polygraph evidence inadmissible in probation hearing In White v. Com., the Virginia Court of Appeals in an opinion by Judge Benton joined by Judge Clements and Senior Judge Hodges held that evidence that a probationer failed a polygraph test is inadmissible in a hearing …
Jaspreet Kindra reports for the Mail and Guardian. Excerpt: The Inkatha Freedom Party apparently wants to subject its national council members to a lie detector test to establish whether they have leaked confidential information to the media and other organisations. The IFP’s intentions were disclosed at its council meeting during the party’s national conference in …
Mike Levsen writes for the Aberdeen, South Dakota American News. Excerpt: I’m going on record right now. I will not submit voluntarily to a polygraph test at any time, for any reason. Even if I’m innocent – especially if I’m innocent. The use of the lie-detector test has not gone the way of reading bumps …