Lie-Detection In The News

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Defendant in alleged Ponzi investment scheme agrees to polygraph test
Crain's Detroit Business
John Bravata, one defendant in the case, said he will submit to a polygraph test, to clear himself of allegations of fraud. Principals with the firms are ...

John Bravata says polygraph will prove his innocence in investment fraud case
MLive.com
In a motion filed Thursday with the US District Court in Detroit, Bravata said he will complete a polygraph examination before an Oct. 21 court hearing that ...

Mich. money manager says he'll take polygraph
Fox 28
Bravata's lawyer, Gregory Bartko, hopes the judge will consider the polygraph results. The Securities and Exchange Commission accuses Bravata and a partner ...

Sheriff Gobble: Criminal Investigations
The Chattanoogan
The Polygraph and Computer Crimes Unit is responsible for assisting every detective with polygraph examinations when needed during the course of criminal ...

Do people have "odorprints"?
TIME - USA
Scientists are also working on the ability to sniff out the smell of fear, perhaps adding to lie detection techniques employed by government agencies and ...

9th Circuit case argued from Billings by videoconference
Billings Gazette
Judge Jonnie B. Rawlinson confirmed no polygraph test had been given to Wayne Deputee, who confessed to the crime but at trial claimed he was coerced into ...

New Potential Suspect In Art Theft Investigation
Harvard Crimson
The investigators have asked Kennaugh and Amadio to take polygraph tests but they have both declined, according to Richards. “The bottom line is that this ...

The Polygraph Examination
24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
For anyone being investigated for, or charged with, a criminal sexual conduct offense, a polygraph examination might mean the difference between being ...

Former school employee admits to theft
Greene County Daily World
He denied taking the money and agreed to taking a polygraph test. According to the court document, mcfadden "failed the polygraph and during the audio/video ...

Ensley charged with murder in father's death
TheNewsObserver
That interview included a polygraph test, but Kirby said he was unable to disclose the results of that polygraph. Following that interview, however, ...

Criminals lies can be detected by drawing
Southern Daily Echo - Southampton,England,UK
Half of the volunteers were instructed to lie about where the exchange took place ... potential for taking drawing seriously as a useful lie detection tool. ...

Oprah Sued
WDEF News 12
ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT, SHE AND THE PILOT WERE FIRED SHORTLY AFTER THE ALLEGATIONS, EVEN THOUGH THEY PASSED A POLYGRAPH TEST ABOUT THE INCIDENT. ...

Research highlights drawing as lie detection technique
Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
"This means the liar is unprepared and must do it without planning, and research indicates that people lie better when they have had time to plan their

Polygraph test on gangsters begins
Express Buzz
ALAPPUZHA: The polygraph test on Omprakash and Puthenpalam Rajesh, gangsters accused in the Paul murder case, began on Monday at the Forensic Science ...

Calling in sick to work
Career FAQs - Sydney,Australia
Some larger companies in the UK are now cracking down on employee absenteeism by taking things a step further and using lie detection technology

People: Flight attendant sues Oprah Winfrey over airplane sex allegations.
San Jose Mercury News
Gehrls claims in the suit she and Pansing were fired after the allegations were made, despite the fact that the they both took, and passed, polygraph tests. ...

Flight attendant sues Oprah saying: "I did not sleep with your pilot!"
Examiner.com
The flight attendant, 39-year-old Corrine Gehrls, was fired, as was the chief pilot Terry Pansing, even though both have passed a polygraph test about the ...

Teen given probation for assault on school bus
Post-Bulletin
Other terms of probation include submitting to polygraph examinations, having no unsupervised contact with children in certain circumstances and not holding ...

Gubernatorial Candidates Reaching For Moral High Ground
Insider Advantage Georgia
First, Gary Horlacher, a Peachtree City Democrat running for secretary of state, released five years of tax returns and even took a polygraph to swear he ...

Political notebook : Polygraph derails apparent 'gotcha' involving lobbyist
Arizona Daily Star
He gave his client a copy of the polygraph to distribute to wary lawmakers with an ear for gossip. A lobbyist passed a lie detector test. Who'da thunk it. ...

'She had an obsession with me. I couldn't take it'
Winnipeg Free Press
He initially denied involvement, even volunteering to take a polygraph test, but broke down following hours of questioning. "I've been living a lie," he ...