Tag «litigation»

Federal Appeals Court Rules Certain Mandatory Sex Offender Polygraph Questions Unconstitutional

The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has ruled in a 25-page opinion (PDF) that a convicted sex offender in a post-conviction polygraph program cannot be compelled to answer questions about his sexual history that could tend to incriminate him. So-called “sexual history polygraphs” are commonly administered early in such programs, and …

Polygrapher Versus Polygrapher in the UK

In a case that calls to mind Grogan v. Paolella et al. in the US, a polygrapher in the UK has sued a fellow polygrapher for defamation. The Independent’s Jerome Taylor reports: Lie detectors at war (but who’s telling the truth?) It’s not just Jeremy Kyle and Trisha Goddard who are rivals: the polygraph experts …

“Interrogation Machine’s Maker Settles Crowe Suit”

San Diego Union-Tribune staff writer Onell R. Soto reports. (The National Institute for Truth Verification, which markets the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer (CVSA), had earlier admitted in court that their device is not capable of lie detection, but continues to suggest otherwise on its website): The maker of a machine police used while interrogating the …

“Crowe Family Can Sue Makers of Lie-Detector Test”

North County Times reporter Teri Figueroa reports on a lawsuit involving the National Institute of Truth Verification, which markets the “Computer Voice Stress Analyzer”: SAN DIEGO —- A federal judge ruled Monday that three teenagers initially accused of killing Stephanie Crowe can sue the makers of a voice analyzer test that police used to gauge …

“Marion Jones Wants BALCO Founder to Take Lie Detector”

Dick Patrick reports for USA Today: Continuing efforts to clear her name that includes a $25 million lawsuit filed this week against Victor Conte, Olympic sprinter Marion Jones on Thursday challenged the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative founder to take a lie detector test. Conte has accused Jones of taking performance-enhancing drugs. Jones, whose defense team …

“Marion Jones Sues BALCO Founder, Challenges Him to Polygraph”

Associated Press legal affairs writer David Kravets reports in this article published by the San Francisco Chronicle. Excerpt: Olympic track star Marion Jones has filed a defamation lawsuit against Victor Conte and challenged the BALCO head to take a lie detector test regarding his accusations that she used performance-enhancing drugs. Jones is seeking $25 million …