Lie-Detection In The News

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Shelby treasurer accused of threatening official
Shelby Township Source Newspapers
In addition, Barra said he was willing to take a polygraph. Investigators were looking into whether or not Stathakis knew about the gift from Kassab in the ...

Charges dropped against man accused of burning down own home
KFVS
The state crime lab revealed the fire was not intentionally set. Arnold also passed a polygraph test. You must be logged in to rate this story. ...

Redskins arrest resets meter to zero
ProFootballTalk
... Shanahan became the team's head coach. In Denver, Shanahan admittedly used polygraph testing on players who found themselves on the wrong side of the law.

FBI formally closes protracted US anthrax case
Times of India
He passed a polygraph in connection with the investigation in 2002, but investigators learned years later that he had been prescribed psychotropic ...

Exam given by nationwide polygraph examiner John Grogan
InTouch Magazine
Blogger Perez Hilton passed an exam given by nationwide polygraph examiner John Grogan ...

G4S employees face polygraph tests
Daily Nation
By SATURDAY NATION Reporter Posted Friday, February 19 2010 at 15:54 G4S Security Services has introduced polygraph tests and re-vetting of all its staff to ...

Panther Prints: The Complicated Case of Haleigh Ann-Marie Cummings
my.hsj.org
She voluntarily took polygraph tests, which she “miserably failed.” One of the four questions from her polygraph was “Do you know what happened to Haleigh? ...

50 things you need to know about Kay Bailey Hutchison
Dallas Morning News
She once took a polygraph test to disprove allegations that she hit one of her aides at the state treasury. She called the experience “demeaning.” 40. ...

Missing Park Slope Woman Was Fighting With Boyfriend
Gothamist
... a scratch on his face; and while the paper reports he had been cooperating with the investigation, when asked to take a polygraph test, he got a lawyer. ...

Report: Brooklyn Woman Had Fight With Boyfriend Before Disappearance
NY1
The paper says her boyfriend initially cooperated with the investigation, but asked for a lawyer when cops wanted him to take a polygraph test. ...

US Intel Wants Super-Sensitive Human Lie-Detectors
Wired News
Iarpa wants a lie-detection system that's dynamic enough to work under diverse conditions, across cultural norms, between genders, and over short and

OVEAL v. STATE
Leagle.com
After a polygraph test indicated that appellant gave deceptive answers when questioned about his contact with children, his sexual-offender treatment ...

Kin, pals fear for B'klyn gal missing...
New York Post
Then he lawyered up when he was asked to take a polygraph test. He is not being treated as a suspect, the sources said. McCleneghan's husband, Benjamin Soto ...

Three sentenced to life in Surat gangrape case
Daily Pioneer
Narco Analysis and lie detection test was also conducted on the trio at the Gandhinagar-based Directorate of Forensic Science to find out the other possible ...

City appeals reinstatement of fired Seattle police officer
Seattle Times
... a job with the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office in May 2008, and then disclosed it as part of a hiring process that included polygraph examinations. ...

Lie Detector Tests Required For Some Sex Offenders
WMUR Manchester
Each day, some of the state's 600 sex offenders on parole or probation go to an unassuming office in Concord to take a polygraph test. ...

Former aide to Newark Mayor Cory Booker is indicted on extortion, corruption ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
"I voluntarily submitted to a polygraph in which ten questions were asked. One question was, 'Did you ever ask for or did you ever receive any benefit, ...

Majority of Likely Voters Believe It's Time to Clean Up the Sheriff's Office
Greenville Daily Reflector
Furthermore, he promoted Ms. Pollard to Lt. Deputy after she had failed a polygraph test. That action alone makes me question the Sheriff's integrity. ...

Ex-wife: Leniart mum about missing girl
TheDay.com
Leniart's attorney attempted, once again, to put on the record that Leniart volunteered to submit to a polygraph. The state objected, and Judge Barbara B. ...

STATE v. PIERCE
Leagle.com
{¶7} On March 17, 2009, the parties entered into a stipulation regarding a polygraph examination of Pierce. In this stipulation, Pierce agreed to submit to ...

Aarushi murder: Narco on Nupur done, Rajesh Talwar test today
Indian Express
The couple has also undergone other tests — lie-detection and brain-mapping. The CBI began the tests on Nupur Talwar in February, and her husband is ...

Houston man sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography
Ethiopian Review
Montross had applied for employment with CBP and took a polygraph test in Dallas. During the polygraph interview, Montross admitted to possessing child ...

So You Wanna Be An SPS Officer?
980 CJME News Talk Radio
Candidates still face a grueling physical test, a probing psychological analysis, filling out a 105 page application form, and the dreaded polygraph (also ...

Oconomowoc Chief Refutes Murder-for-Hire Suspect's Innocence Claim
Newsradio 620
However, the letter says "I took a polygraph and passed it." Beguhn claims the outcome of Wold's lie detector exam are a closed record. ...

Tom Davis: Gonzales was 'spineless'
The Hill (blog)
In his plea deal, Berger agreed to undergo a polygraph test, and Davis led the charge in 2007 in seeking to make that happen. But Gonzales rebuffed his ...

COMMONWEALTH v. FINK
Leagle.com
Fink did so, but participated in the counseling program only until October 23, 2007, when he refused to complete a polygraph disclosure questionnaire that ...

Leniart witness refuses to testify
TheDay.com
He asked Graham whether, when the detectives spoke to Leniart, he volunteered to take a polygraph examination. Prosecutor John P. Gravalec-Pannone objected ...

Wold Proclaims Innocence in Letter
Today's TMJ4
"I took a polygraph and passed it," reads the letter, "I fully cooperated with police up until I was arrested." He accuses police of framing him, ...

Player to fight club over match fixing row
Independent Online
The player's agent Bajo Bujani said they had spoken to lawyers and would be prepared to fight a case after Dikilu was put through a polygraph test and ...

Two families keep search alive for missing daughters
The Detroit News
Kirezian, who has since changed his name twice, declined a polygraph test. Records show there wasn't any new information when investigators discussed the ...

Lawmakers push bills about bestiality, animal cruelty
KTUU
... enough data to yet to draw conclusions, but some of the most violent sexual offenders have admitted to having sex with animals during polygraph tests. ...

Ex-DAS: We threatened journalists and trade unions
Colombia Reports
... some 6000 polygraph tests on the agency's staff, and that the organization had counted more than 500 cases of possible infiltration by illegal groups. ...