{"id":1565,"date":"2015-11-10T06:28:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T11:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2022-09-17T10:38:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T15:38:39","slug":"ohio-attorney-bradley-p-koffel-showcases-his-ignorance-by-polygraphing-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/10\/ohio-attorney-bradley-p-koffel-showcases-his-ignorance-by-polygraphing-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Attorney Bradley P. Koffel Showcases His Ignorance by Polygraphing Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1566\" style=\"width: 239px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/brad-koffel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1566 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/brad-koffel.jpg\" alt=\"brad-koffel\" width=\"239\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bradley P. Koffel (Twitter profile)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an article titled <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151212123701\/http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/local\/2015\/11\/09\/verdict-out-on-screening-of-clients.html\">&#8220;Some lawyers turning away clients who fail polygraphs,&#8221;<\/a> Dean Narciso reports for the <em>Columbus Dispatch<\/em> that &#8220;[a]ttorney <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151029075131\/http:\/\/www.columbuscriminaldefensefirm.com\/Attorney-Profiles\/Bradley-P-Koffel.aspx\">Bradley Koffel<\/a> uses polygraph tests to screen out potential nightmare clients, especially those charged with sex crimes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Any competent lawyer should know that polygraph testing has <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/articles\/article-018.shtml\">no scientific basis<\/a>. Moreover, polygraphy is inherently biased against the truthful and yet easily defeated using <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/lie-behind-the-lie-detector.pdf\">simple countermeasures<\/a> that polygraph operators cannot detect. Koffel&#8217;s reliance on pseudoscientific polygraph &#8220;tests&#8221; to accept or reject clients reflects very poor judgment indeed. Those in the Columbus area in need of competent legal counsel should look elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an article titled &#8220;Some lawyers turning away clients who fail polygraphs,&#8221; Dean Narciso reports for the Columbus Dispatch that &#8220;[a]ttorney Bradley Koffel uses polygraph tests to screen out potential nightmare clients, especially those charged with sex crimes.&#8221; Any competent lawyer should know that polygraph testing has no scientific basis. Moreover, polygraphy is inherently biased &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-polygraph","7":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4772,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions\/4772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}