Retired Public Defender Who Relied on Polygraphs May Be Sued

Los Angeles Metropolitan News-Enterprise associate editor Robert Greene reports in an article titled “Suit Against County, Pubic Defender for Poor Defense Reinstated”. Excerpt: A county public defender who established a policy of giving lie detector tests to every client and who allegedly assigned inexperienced lawyers to defend capital cases can be held liable under civil … Read more

“Man Who Said He Heard Call by Terrorists [Michael Hamdan] Passes Lie Test”

Las Vegas Sun correspondent Mary Manning reports. Excerpt: Results of an independent lie detector test taken by Michael Hamdan, the man who said he intercepted a terrorist threat to Las Vegas on his cell phone, indicate he was telling the truth, he said. The alleged threat on June 15 focused on the July Fourth holiday … Read more

“Vegas Man Who Reported Terror Threat [Michael Hamdan] Passes Independent Polygraph”

J.J. Johnson of the Sierra Times reports. Excerpt: Las Vegas – As reported on June 26, the Federal Bureau of [I]nvestigation had threatened Henderson resident Michael Hamdan with arrest for giving false information related to a possible July 4th terrorist threat based on an FBI administered polygraph. Sierra Times has learned that Hamdan recently took … Read more

“FBI Calling Off Vegas Threat Probe After Man Fails Polygraph”

The Associated Press reports. Excerpt: LAS VEGAS (AP) – The FBI said Friday that a southern Nevada man’s claim that his cellular phone picked up people talking in Arabic about a planned terrorist attack was “not credible.” “The results of the investigation to date do not substantiate these allegations,” said Ellen Knowlton, special agent in … Read more

“Bill Would Let Officers Refuse Lie Detector Tests”

John Wilkerson of the Associated Press writes about Nevada Assembly Bill 282 in this article published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Excerpt: CARSON CITY — A bill allowing police officers to decline lie detector tests when they’re accused of something was challenged Wednesday by a legislator who said lawmakers would be fools to approve it. … Read more