Listen I have got to tell you. The Police and other LE agencies do have some good people. They also have some very bad people. To some of them it is a business. Not everyone of them is concerned with truth and justice. Some are just trying to make it stick, to hell with whether they are innocent or guilty. The more people they can get convictions on (again innocence doesn't matter), the better they will look to their superriors. It's about politics and career progression. The Poly/CVSA is nothing more than a tool to get the guilty (who don't know anybetter) to confess. Is there some good that comes from the Poly/CVSA, in my opinion "Yes". The problem is that it does a lot more harm than good. Too many good people (and now your son has joined the numbers here), are labeld liars/cheets/thieves/spies or terrorists. This is completely against the American way. The problem is that the POLY/CVSA travesty is incorporated throughout our government. Someone said, telling the FBI that the poly is not reliable is like telling a Mother that her child is ugly. This is a very true statement for a lot of government agencies. It is also a fact that if the truth about the POLY/CVSA was ever made truely public, alot of people and compaines would go bankrupt and lose their jobs. In my opinion, it is what they deserve for basing their entire lives on deception. The polygraphers have done just that. It is a sad fact. It is truely unfortunate. Too may LE officers are using this tool instead of good, hard police work. For the detective to come out and say that your son was guilty, was more than likely just a ploy to get him to confess. The Detectives/Cops are just trying to solve a situation with the least amount of effort and as quickly as possible. Unless the cop was just really that lazy and stupid, which I doubt. However, it is possible, they are out there. I am sorry that you had to go through this, but if this is the only thing that a poly/cvsa ever does to you, you are very lucky. Many, many people are not as fortunate. There is some good to come of this. Now you and your son are not nearly as naive as before. Remember, if anyone is ever accuesed of a crime, always, always, always ask for a lawyer and say NOTHING, MAKE NO STATEMENTS. And if they ask you to take a Poly/CVSA, tell them "Hell No". Tell them that it is BENEATH YOU. Tell them that you are too good for that and that they need to do their job. Just my 2 cents, but I feel very strongly that good people should not be hurt by a machine that does nothing but records physicological reactions from fear. It is not possible for any machine to read anyone's thoughts, and I doubt very seriously whether there ever will be. Good luck to you and your son. If the POLY/CVSA was 100%, we would not need courts, they could just go straight to jail.
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