Confessions and validity

[orolan]

Another quote I ran across, found on voicestress.com. The quote is about CVSA, but certainly could be applied to polygraphs.

Instead they have relied on selective personal testimonials on how they can be used to obtain confessions, while the routine failure of the device as a lie detector is overlooked.  Are confessions the same as validity?  Hardly.  For years cops used to get confessions from suspects with all kinds of lie detector ruses, like wiring a naïve suspect to a photocopier, or using the old Motorola radio in their squad cars that could change a red light to green when the mike button was pressed.  And, a phony ploy works only so long before people catch on.  

Ironically enough, the site is a pro-poly / anti-CVSA site. Perhaps they should "practice what they preach"

[Marty]

Ironically enough, the site is a pro-poly / anti-CVSA site. Perhaps they should "practice what they preach"

Conversely, the argument about producing confessions, the principal argument made by DoD for the polygraph, is equally valid for the CVSA.  Ya gotta love it. It's the "truth" industry version of sugar pills.



-Marty