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NEWS ABOUT: polygraph

polygraph stories: 3 news summaries

 No Lie: Polygraphs On the Rise 

Critics hold firm, but use of test growing nationwide

Mar 22, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite lingering reservations about its effectiveness, the polygraph is gaining traction with law enforcement. The lie-detection program has spiked 53% in the last decade, and truth be told, just the threat of a test keeps convicts honest, drug addicts and sex offenders told the Wall Street Journal. “... More »

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Texas • Denver • Dallas • Houston • sex offenders • domestic violence • Oregon • parole • MRI • Colorado • polygraph • Klamath Falls • drug addicts • American Polygraph Association • Fifth Amendment

Drew Peterson Wants to Lie Test on TV

First question: Are
you a wife-murdering psychopath?

Jan 30, 08 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - After repeatedly refusing requests from the family of his missing wife that he submit to a polygraph test, suspect Drew Peterson is now requesting to do so on national television. Representatives for the former Chicago-area policeman—whose wife, Stacy, has been missing since October and is presumed dead—have been... More »

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homicide • Fox • Kathleen Savio • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • polygraph • Moment of Truth • lie detector test

Cheney May Testify in 'Assault' Arrest Lawsuit

Turmoil in Cheney's Secret Service detail

Jan 18, 08 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney may be questioned under oath in a free-speech and civil rights lawsuit brought by a man who was arrested and threatened with assault charges when he approached Cheney at a ski resort. The 2006 incident has sparked a storm of controversy inside the Secret Service with... More »

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Dick Cheney • Secret Service • civil rights • assault • Steven Howards • Virgil D. Reichle • Beaver Creek Resort • polygraph

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