Saturday, October 31, 2009

Lie-Detection In The News

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'We won't compromise on Mandela'
News24
He said African workers were subjected to polygraph tests while their white counterparts were not. The marchers also demanded the immediate dismissal of a ...

Lee, Collier restaurateur bonds out of jail on child molestation charge
Naples Daily News
Detective Amy Locasto called Luangamath and he agreed to take a polygraph exam on Sept. 16 at the Sheriff's Office. When sheriff's Sgt. Scott Walters, ...

Dulin jailed again for probation violation
Connecticut Post
2 at the 7 Seas Restaurant, but ruled that Dulin had violated his probation by not agreeing to a polygraph test and other conditions of his probation. ...

Q&A With FBI Director MuellerSecrecy News (blog)
As a result of polygraph testing, more than a thousand applications for employment at the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been rejected or otherwise ...

Guangdong uses lie detector in corruption probe
Shanghai Daily
The Dongguan City People's Procuratorate showcased the polygraph during an open day for the public yesterday, today's Nanfang Daily reported. ...

Irving narcotics detective suspended over missing evidence
Dallas Morning News
Ryan also passed a polygraph exam about her claim that a senior narcotics dectetive officer told her she could throw the evidence away. ...

Tinsley's Faux Reality; The Divine Ms. Madonna
Cityfile
Duhamel is denying it but the Enquirer says the stripper passed a "rigorous polygraph." So either he's lying and will soon be busted, the woman is a total ...

Josh Duhamel Denies Stripper Shagging, Calls Charges "Ridiculous"
Fashion.ie
But there's no proof of these polygraph results; and other outlets, such as E! News, state Forrester's attorney also contacted them, ...

Forensic Vetting will 'save firms thousands'
Recruiter
Forensic Vetting involves the use of polygraph testing. Polygraph testing, sometimes called lie detector testing, is widely used in the USA and is a method ...

Questions linger in disappearances
The Spokesman Review
But Spokane detectives, a polygraph expert and Rose believe the couple's son, Frank Pozar Jr., killed them. Police say Pozar has been in and out of jail ...

Lomita grandfather convicted of molesting 2 girls
Contra Costa Times
Family members said Senter took and passed a polygraph examination after his arrest on Sept. 24, 2008. Westlund said that polygraph examination results are ...

Lie detector tests for known sex offenders
Lincolnshire Echo
The 90-minute polygraph tests are designed to assess whether subjects are abiding by their licence conditions, which could require paedophiles to stay away ...

Parents Face Abuse Charges
Wheeling Intelligencer
Allman also said in the complaint that Conner failed a polygraph as well, telling police she was afraid to tell the truth because she would get in trouble. ...

Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Beacon of Best Practice In ...
eGov monitor
The Ministry of Justice is now piloting mandatory polygraph tests for sex offenders in the community. The tests will help us determine whether the polygraph ...

Finding Timmy's killer: Family seeks answers 32 years after son's death
The Detroit News
Later that same year, the Wayne County prosecutor's office filed an investigative subpoena compelling a polygraph examiner to testify before Wayne County ...

North Country Gazette
North Country Gazette
He volunteered to submit to submit to a polygraph, or “any number of polygraph examinations, by examiners not of my choosing, on any of the issues…or on any ...

Kaine's decision in Carpitcher clemency petition rests on changing testimony
Roanoke Times
The following month, a polygraph test supports the girl's recantation. January 2002: The Innocence Project, a network of lawyers devoted to freeing the ...

Alleged victim says he didn't lie about coach
Coos Bay World
According to the letter, the Coquille Police Department had asked him to take a polygraph test earlier this month. But the man said in the letter that the ...

Track coach reacts to dismissal of sex abuse case
KCBY.com 11
... charge has been dropped, she is bothered that the District Attorney didn't come out and say she is innocent, even after she passed two polygraph tests. ...