Sunday, August 22, 2010

Lie-Detection In The News

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Report says DeDe Spicher refuses to take a polygraph ...
Prime Writer News Network
New information has been released in the Kyron Horman case and the latest news says that DeDe Spicher refuses to take a polygraph test. ...

Ref pleads innocence over match-fixingDaily Dispatch Online
SUSPENDED after failing a polygraph test last year, soccer referee Jonas Nhlapo continued to plead his innocence against match-fixing allegations during the ...

Fired DIA officer challenges security-clearance removal
Washington Post (blog)
He lost his security clearance in 2008 after he ran afoul of polygraph examiners. The examiners accused Dullahan, whose job as Powell's political-military ...

Detective becomes county's first certified polygraph examiner
Allentown Examiner
Detective Jose Rivera of the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office has officially become the agency's first polygraph examiner after completing a three-month ...

Even honest anglers feel pressure from polygraphs
The Virginian-Pilot
But each time he has to sit down in front of a polygraph machine, he gets nervous. "It's so unsettling... it's awful," said Standing, a Virginia Beach ...

Lie detectors put fishermens' tales to the test
The Virginian-Pilot
Polygraph tests costing between $150 and $600 are used in all of them, almost always without incident. They've become a necessary tool to keep the playing ...

Polygraph rules PR firm did not write Galant document
Ynetnews
... Eyal Arad and Lior Chorev underwent polygraph tests as part of their police investigations in the Galant document affair, Ynet learned on Monday. ...

Mother says baby's leg broken while changing diaper
Daily Mail - Charleston
4, and he agreed to a polygraph examination regarding the injury. The man took the test on Tuesday but failed and later provided a written statement to the ...

Duran muscles her way to secondCibola County Beacon
A polygraph test was administered to each contestant with additional testing for those winning the event. The winners qualified for a pro-event, ...

Mother Charged with Felony Child Abuse
State Journal
Officers said Witt and her estranged husband were given polygraph tests Aug. 10 in regards to their son's leg injuries. As a result of the interview during ...

STATE v. LAVOIE
Leagle.com
Lavoie argues that the court (Mills, J.) erred in denying his motion to suppress statements made during a polygraph examination because various statements ...

Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press...
KXNet.com
Dickinson, ND (AP) A detective with the Dickinson police department has undergone 10 weeks of training to administer polygraph tests. ...

NAVARRO v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Leagle.com
We also reject appellant's claim that he was entitled to a polygraph examination. Simply requesting a polygraph does not entitle an inmate to have such an ...

IN RE D.L.
Leagle.com
Mother also stated she had taken a polygraph test and the only question she did not pass was the one asking, "[D]o you know what happened to the child, ...

Rod, Gun & Game: Tourney offers fun, cash...and some pain
Metrowny.com
The entry fee had been $100, but an extra $20 was added to allow for mandatory polygraph testing and insure credibility among all contest winners a few ...