Original reporting and commentary about polygraphs, voice stress analyzers, and other purported "lie detectors."
Stuart Pfeifer of the Los Angeles Times reports on the monitoring of sex offenders in “O.C. to Track Sex Criminals With GPS.” Excerpt: Authorities said the tracking and lie detector tests represent powerful deterrents for offenders and could also tip off police to crimes the probationers might commit. “It is a controversial issue for us. …
The Modesto Bee reports on a polygraph challenge issued by Modesto mayor Carmen Sabatino in an article titled “Mayor argues for lie detector test.” This short article is cited in full, with hyperlinks added by AntiPolygraph.org: BEE STAFF REPORTS Modesto Mayor Carmen Sabatino [csabatino@ci.modesto.ca.us] publicly challenged Stanislaus County Supervisor Ray Simon [simonra@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us] on Tuesday to …
Los Angeles radio station KFWB and the Associated Press report. Excerpt: (KFWB/AP) 8.30.01, 5:10p — Homicide investigators using body-sniffing dogs planned to search an oil field Friday for clues to the disappearance of the daughter of a former state senator. The area to be combed in Signal Hill is near the garage where a sport …
NBC4.TV reports. Excerpt: LOS ANGELES, August 30 – The husband of the missing daughter of former state Sen. Paul Carpenter failed to show up Thursday for a scheduled polygraph examination, a sheriff’s deputy said. Bruce Koklich of Lakewood was supposed to take the examination at 9 a.m at the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Scientific …
North County Times staff writer Scott Marshall reports in a lengthy article on the use of polygraph “testing” to supervise sex offenders on probation in San Diego County, California. Be sure to see the full article. Excerpt: VISTA —- San Diego County probation officers are using lie-detector tests to help them supervise the roughly 600 …
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Pia Sarkar reports. Excerpt: A lawyer for the owner of three pit bulls that mauled 10-year-old Shawn Jones said yesterday that a lie detector test given to his client proved the dogs were not attack-trained. Contra Costa County Deputy Public Defender Michael Friedman said 28-year- old Benjamin Moore of Richmond …
Associated Press writer Karen A. Davis reports. Excerpt: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The attorney for a man whose three dogs mauled a 10-year-old Richmond boy last month said a lie detector test backs his client’s statement that the dogs were raised only as pets and were not trained to fight or attack. Public Defender Michael …