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“Polygraph Tests Inadmissible”

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 …

“Marlinga Lie Detector Test Kept Private”

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 …