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“Polygraphs? They’re Basically Useless Devices”

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Syndicated columnist Steve Chapman comments in an article published by the Prescott, Arizona Daily Courier: In May 1978, police arrested four Chicago-area men on charges of murdering a suburban man and raping and murdering his fiancée. All of the suspects said they were innocent, but no real doubt existed about their guilt: Three of them, … Read more

Manchester, NH: “Amie’s Boyfriend Told He Failed Lie Detector”

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Union Leader staff writer Kathryn Marchocki reports. Excerpt: MANCHESTER — The boyfriend of Amie Lynn Riley, whose decomposed body was found in a swamp Saturday, voluntarily submitted to nearly three hours of questioning by Manchester police detectives yesterday and took a polygraph, which he was told he failed, he said. “I got nothing to hide. … Read more