Never been to this site before. Thank you for having it. 

I was given a polygraph Monday relating to charges that I had sexually molested my daughter. The results reported to me were that my "reactions were consistant with deception" on 2 of the key questions. 

The problem I have with that is it isn't true. I didn't lie. I never even seriously considered that I would fail the test because I have - zero - guilt or whatever about the questions.

Now a couple days later, and after getting over being totally mentally bowled over by this, I am trying to figure out why this happened. I guess the truth is I am still reeling over this because it is so damning, and so untrue.

The examiner used 4 monitors, the arm cuff, the finger probes, the chest monitor and the abdomen monitor. I have not yet received a copy of the written report so I can't yet report exactly what parameter or combination of parameters caused this test to be judged the way it was.

What I am wondering about specifically is what the contraindications are for giving someone a polygraph. I had pretty severe stomach cramps that day (and had had them for a few days, stomach flu) and I reported this to the polygrapher, along with the fact that I had taken over the counter medication for it (immodium) that morning. Does that contraindicate using the abdomen monitor? I also have been diagnosed with PTSD (untreated for several years). Should that have caused the polygrapher to take any specific action, or should it have affected his procedure?

I have surfed several polygraph certification and professional sites today and they all say someone should not be given a polygraph if they are not physically or psychologically suitable in the polygrapher's judgement but I cannot find anywhere that explains how they should procede to make such a judgement. 

IE, if a testee has 'xyz condition', one should not give a him/her a polygraph that day. Is there such a set of standards?

Thanks for the response.

I wish I had a copy of the polygraph so I could look at it and figure out what the interpreter is keying on. 

The whole process was a joke. I can't believe I was stupid enough to do it. 

I hope others will learn from my experience. Just because you tell the truth in the test don't assume the test will indicate that. Something is clearly wrong with this process or I wouldn't be in the position I am in.

I will never, ever, never voluntarily take a polygraph again. It cannot be trusted.

Michelez32,

If your husband is innocent, I think he would be well advised to refuse the polygraph and get a lawyer. As noted above, polygraphy has no scientific basis. In criminal investigations, the offer of a polygraph "test" often serves as little more than a pretext for interrogating a suspect without a lawyer present. I think it would also be a terrible mistake for you to allow your 10-year-old daughter to be subjected to a polygraph interrogation under any circumstances.

Before going ahead with any planned polygraph "tests," you and your husband will want to read Chapters 1 and 3 of The Lie Behind the Lie Detector, which expose polygraph "testing" for the pseudoscientific fraud that it is.

I don't think I can overemphasize how important it is that your family have advice from a competent attorney. It would be a mistake to suppose that because your husband is innocent, you don't need legal counsel. Martindale's on-line Lawyer Locator service may be helpful in finding a lawyer in your area:

http://www.martindale.com

My brother is being accused of sexual molesting is 13 year old step child. IT IS FALSE! She wanted to divorce him and for him not to be able to take custody of there son. The step daughter has been kicked out of school and suspended for lying. His wife has even been convicted of lying on the stand for abuse from him and she was  put on probation for it. His only mistake was staying with her. The step daughter had a medical exam done and the Doctor said she had never had entercourse before, after that the step daughters story changed saying it was oral. Everything for my brother adds up to innocense, but he is in a county and state where convictions are super high in these cases. He accepted a plea because none of us has the 15,000 it takes to get a good lawyer to help him. In this deal he has to take a polygraph test asking nothing about the case, just personal questions that he would have no reason to lie about and he failed. So he has one more chance to take it to be accepted into this program or else he has to go to trial and faces a minimum of 7 years in prison. 

One,  why did he fail when this test is set up for him to pass and two, doesn't the system care about people's innocents? Is our system so messed up that another innocent man could face prison time for something he did not do?

Does anyone know of someone to contact for situations like these?

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i have a question for you can u ask the question have u molested any child? I was told by somebody that you cant ask it that way. It is an emotion not an act is this true or false

Ex Member wrote on Jun 24^th, 2015 at 10:25pm:


When I was being "interviewed" by the Agency in '79, they only asked about adult homosexual acts, with no further specifications. 

How did some of yall's cases come out with a failing lie detector? My husband is being accused of raping his ex wife's daughter from previous marriage. There is no evidence and she is saying happen in 2011. His ex wife is crazy, I have a binder full of things she has posted on fb about my kids and I. Not to mention the two faulse CPS reports and many police reports. This little girl who is  now i believe 17 has a lot of issues herself. She has been in therapy since she was 10. I am really hoping for a good outcome.