Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Lie-Detection In The News

Ex-congressman wants jury to hear polygraph results
Houston Chronicle - United States
Craig Washington, expected to go on trial next week for shooting at two teens in a car, has asked that jurors hear polygraph results he says prove he acted ...


Federal judge dismisses Arenac polygraph lawsuits
Oscoda Press - Oscoda,MI,USA
by Holly Nelson TAWAS CITY - US District Judge Thomas L. Ludington has dismissed three lawsuits filed last year which named, among others, two Iosco County ...


Department Adds Another Polygraph Examiner
Hartford Courant - United States
NEW BRITAIN – - The police department has announced that a third officer has been trained as a polygraph examiner. Detective Adam Rembisz, who has been with ...


InstaLetters for July 7
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
... an invitation to Congressman Shuler, at my expense, to undergo a polygraph exam for the purpose of determining who actually wrote “his” commentary. ...


PHIFER, BEALS CAUGHT IN MORE 'LIES': Act...
Eurweb.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
He plays FBI agent Reynolds, who was brought in to liaise between the Lightman Group and the FBI when the lie-detection specialists are called in to help ...


Milstead Wishes Dierks' Jury Had Seen Video Interrogation
KSFY - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
But that evidence was thrown out because the judge ruled her polygraph statements were made involuntarily. Last week, Dierks was found not guilty on all ...


Lie to Me picks up steam - anyone else watching?
TV Squad - Santa Monica,CA,USA
She guest-starred in two episodes of Lie to Me last season, and will have ... it out -- and pick up a few pointers on lie detection from Cal Lightman and crew.


Car crash cop still unidentified
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
He has also refused to do a polygraph test, on the advice of his lawyer," the source said. Under Jamaican law, no citizen can be forced to subject ...


Weekly Crime Poll: Should Polygraphs Be Used In Crime Investigations?
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
Currently the FBI conducts polygraph tests of all new employees prior to them beginning their service. In addition, individuals with access to certain ...


Matthew Norman: A polygraph test for pompous politicians
Independent - London,England,UK
Where I previously proposed that any political interviewee, on whichever medium, must first agree to be strapped to a polygraph, technological advances ...


Stahlman pleaded guilty in 1979 death in Warren
Warren Tribune Chronicle - Warren,Ohio,USA
An accomplice in the case who testified at trial, Roger Collins, surrendered to authorities and passed a polygraph exam before he pleaded guilty to ...


“Black magic was practised in Gujarat ashram”
Hindu - Chennai,India
... three close associates of the controversial “sant” had “confessed” during the lie-detection test that black magic was being practised in the Ashram. ...

Satyam case: CBI court order for polygraph test on July 9
Hindu Business Line - Chennai,India
HYDERABAD: The designated court for CBI on Saturday reserved its orders for July 9 on the lie-detector test to be conducted on Mr B Ramalinga Raju, ...


Judson teacher goes on trial next week
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
Weste confessed after reportedly failing a polygraph test in 2007, which he attended after his lawyer allegedly was told not to be there. ...


Guj govt to HC: Black magic practiced at Asaram ashram
IBNLive.com - New Delhi,India
The affidavit cites the lie detection tests of three sadhaks (workers) of the ashram who said they knew what was going on. The affidavit was based on a ...

Shields "confession" man offered 拢40k to pass lie detector
Click Liverpool - Liverpool,Merseyside,UK
A 拢40000 purse has been put up by an annoymous businessman as bounty to Graham Sankey if he can successfully pass a polygraph test. ...


Experts say Lindsey Baum likely abducted by someone she knew
Examiner.com - USA
Komo News is reporting that Lindsey's mother voluntarily took a polygraph test, along with the father of Lindsey's best friend, Scott Williams. ...


Former "White House Boy" puts story of horrific abuse to a ...
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Polygraph tests aren't typically admissible in court, but Cooper felt like he had to do something. It's been two months since he and other men were featured ...


Pinal County sheriff places two on paid leave
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
McAuliffe was given a polygraph examination, which indicated deception about involvement with illegal drugs. He took a second polygraph, which showed no ...


FBI: Stranger not likely behind girl's disappearance
KOMO News - Seattle,WA,USA
The missing girl's mother, who wanted avoid becoming the center of the investigation, voluntarily took a polygraph test. The father of the girl's best ...


Two Pinal County sheriff's staff investigated
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
He is accused of deception during polygraph tests and failure to disclose pre-employment information about drug use, according to the Pinal County Sheriff's ...


Man Admits to Double Homicide
WYTV - Youngstown,OH,USA
Prosecutors also had him take a polygraph, and not only did he fail but he ended up confessing to polygraph examiner Bill Evans of Akron. ...


Steroid use by bodybuilders not dependant on body image concerns
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Natural bodybuilding referred to competitions in which partakers were drug-tested, and had to pass a polygraph in relation to their lack of prohibited drug ...