Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Lie-Detection In The News

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SPARROW v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Leagle.com
His request to take a polygraph examination was denied. A disciplinary hearing was conducted on July 29. He produced statements from three inmates, ...

Direct Appeal Allowed On Lie Detector Issue In Traci Carpenter Case
The Chattanoogan
Defense witnesses testified earlier that a detective welched on an alleged promise not to bring charges against Ms. Carpenter if she passed the polygraph. ...

Border Patrol Hiring
KYMA
Applicants must pass a test, a background check, an interview, medical examinations and possibly a polygraph test.

STATE v. BELL
Leagle.com
However, at his request, a polygraph examination was scheduled for December 1. Appellant missed that appointment but rescheduled it for the next day. ...

Splash has grown through the years
ESPN
Ken Dollinger, who applies the polygraph tests to selected anglers at the Big Bass Splash, has been working with Bob Sealy for the last 15 years. ...

Foul play suspected in January disappearance
Sumter Item
Turner also said both acquaintances gave statements and one of the men took a polygraph test and the results verified his statement. ...

Kyron Horman's Father: Stepmom 'Would Change Her Story Daily'
People Magazine
Though he initially supported his estranged wife even after authorities focused on her, Kaine says he became suspicious the day Terri failed a polygraph ...

U.S. v. ROARK
Leagle.com
To prove that he had never possessed that many pills, Roark hired a former FBI agent to perform a number of polygraph examinations. During the examinations ...

Sex Charges against Rabbi Dismissed Reported by Rabbi's Counsel Alan Lewis and ...
Business Wire (press release)
Upon his arrival in New York, Rabbi Bramly took and passed a polygraph examination arranged by his attorneys and administered by a retired FBI polygraph ...

Terrebonne keeps probe of police chief secret
Daily Comet
He said his client was interviewed and had agreed to further cooperation, specifically a polygraph test. Murray said Duplantis was also to take the ...

POTTS v. STATE
Leagle.com
Appellant eventually took a polygraph test in December 2009, but he failed that test. Patti Andrews, a licensed counselor and sex offender treatment ...