“Auroran Protests Use of Polygraph Exams: Man Wants Probation Requirement for Tests Thrown Out”

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 … Read more

Polygraph Dragnet at Jefferson County, Colorado Sheriff’s Department

Rocky Mountain News staff writers Jeff Kass, Kevin Vaughan and Lynn Bartels report in an article titled, “Jeffco vows to find who leaked photos.” Excerpt: Employees in the Jefferson County sheriff’s department will be given lie detector tests in the coming days as officials try to determine how more than 60 secret Columbine High School … Read more

“Campus Police Asking for DNA Samples”

A Colorado football player submits to polygraph in gang rape investigation. The Associated Press discusses the use of scientific (DNA) and nonscientific (polygraph) investigative techniques in a report provided on ESPN.com. Excerpt: Campus police have asked some Colorado football players to provide DNA samples as investigators look into a student’s claim she was gang raped … Read more