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Mar 2nd, 2013 at 7:10am
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During my poly prequestioning yesterday I admitted to seeing underage porn when I was 18, it was downloaded on a fileshare app then erased. This was 11 years ago. The images were just labeled underage, and not of young girls... I don't even have a clue if they were real or not. 

Do I have any concerns about being prosecuted for this? In my blatant attempt to be honest, I admitted to something I had pretty much forgot. My nerves are pretty much killing me right now. 
  
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Reply #1 - Mar 3rd, 2013 at 7:24am
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Job applicants who have made similar admissions have been criminally prosecuted and convicted in the past. However, as I recall from the news articles I've read about such cases, the admitted behavior was much more recent and was followed up with a search warrant, and direct incriminating evidence was found. I don't recall any case where an applicant was prosecuted based on an uncorroborated admission.
  

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Reply #2 - Apr 12th, 2013 at 3:54pm
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Jumper82,

I think those who seek positions of public trust have an ethical obligation to answer relevant questions truthfully.
  

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Reply #3 - Apr 12th, 2013 at 4:06pm
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George,
You're right.  I need to either withdraw from the process or admit all and let the chips fall where they may.  Thanks.  Can you delete my previous post?
  
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Reply #4 - Jul 23rd, 2013 at 5:09am
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To George,

I have a similar problem. I posted the topic "Accidentally Viewing Underage Porn and Polygraph Questions" https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1363994277 a few months back and was hoping for a response from you. I feel I might have accidentally viewed underage porn when I saw it posted on 4chan. I wasn't sure but I still reported it to the moderators. If I get a question like,  "Have you ever seen something on the internet that made you uncomfortable?" or a question that asks about child porn, should I admit this?
  
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Reply #5 - Jul 25th, 2013 at 12:01pm
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StillWorried,

Whether to divulge this is a personal decision that only you can make. However, I would note that any such admission may open the door to a highly intrusive sexual inquisition and is precisely the sort of thing that may be spun into a disqualifying admission by an ambitious polygraph operator seeking to boost his or her confession rate.
  

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