Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
In a 16-page ruling, the South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a circuit court’s refusal to consider a defense-proffered polygraph examination in connection with a sentencing hearing. Bob Mercer reports for KELOLAND News (excerpt): PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A Minnehaha County circuit judge didn’t err when she refused to consider the results of a lie-detector …
In episode 102 of the legal podcast Excited Utterance, Vanderbilt University law professor Edward K. Cheng (@edwardkcheng) interviews Northumbria University senior lecturer in law Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou (@Kyri_Kotsoglou) about the use of polygraphs in the United Kingdom, with an emphasis on Kotsoglou’s new article, “Zombie Forensics: the use of the polygraph and the integrity of …
Rachel Dissell of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge Alison Floyd has ordered the victims in four sexual assault cases to submit to polygraph “testing.” In addition, Floyd has ordered the perpetrators of the assaults, who have already been found guilty, to submit to polygraph tests for sentencing purposes. It …
Basing her decision in part on polygraph evidence admitted at trial against the prosecutor’s objection, Summit County Common Pleas Judge Judy Hunter on Monday, 20 August 2007 found Sahil Sharma of New York City innocent of felony sexual battery and two misdemeanor charges. While the text of Judge Hunter’s decision is not yet available, AntiPolygraph.org …
Detroit Free Press staff writer Nate Trela reports. Excerpt: Polygraph evidence indicating that former Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga and two codefendants did not swap campaign contributions for prosecutorial favors will not be seen by a grand jury, nor will it be admissible if the case goes to trial. U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts said …
David Shepardson of the Detroit News reports. Excerpt: MOUNT CLEMENS — Federal prosecutors won’t have to tell grand jurors about the results of lie detector tests taken by former Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga and two others charged in a corruption case, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Marlinga, state Sen. Jim Barcia, D-Bay City, and …
Jamie Satterfield reports for the Knoxville, Tennessee News-Sentinel: If a polygraph test can help land a person in jail, a Knoxville lawyer argues, why can it not be used to free the accused? Knoxville attorney Gregory P. Isaacs wants to use the results of a polygraph examination to try to prove to a jury that …
KOBTV.com has published the following brief Associated Press report: (Santa Fe-AP) — The state Supreme Court has ruled that polygraph test results can continue to be used as evidence in New Mexico courts. New Mexico has allowed the use of lie detector results in courts for decades. However, the Supreme Court has been considering whether …
The Australian Associated Press reports in an article titled “Mallard to stay behind bars” that the West Australia Court of Criminal Appeal, upholding Andrew Mark Mallard’s conviction for the murder of Perth jeweler Pamela Lawrence, has ruled polygraph “evidence” to be inadmissible. The WA Court of Criminal Appeal is the highest Australian court that has …
Christopher Bobby reports for the Warren, Ohio Tribune Chronicle. Excerpt: WARREN – Murder defendant Gentry Freeman has agreed to take a polygraph exam that his attorney says could free him. Common Pleas Judge Andrew Logan authorized the agreement last week between prosecutors and defense attorney Sarah Kovoor. The test will be administered sometime Wednesday by …