Topic
Lie Detection
13 published works
Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices
Will Machine-Assessed Lie-Detector Tests Become Admissible in Court?
By Gerry Riskin
The Artificial Lawyer reports that the European Union is testing a system of automated lie-detector tests for use at its international borders. The technology "will use a digital avatar to interview…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Questioning at Ports of Entry: Only Minutes to Separate Truthtellers from Liars
Guest post by Alexandra Diaz, student, George Mason University School of LawCBP Office of Field Operations’ Assistant Port Director Sally Carrillo spoke yesterday about her experiences over a 28 year…
EvidenceProf Blog
Article of Note: “Evidence of Lies and Rules of Evidence” and fMRI
By jbellin
Evidence of Lies and Rules of Evidence: The Admissibility of fMRI-Based Expert Opinion on Witness TruthfulnessWilliam A. Woodruff Campbell University School of Law North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology, Forthcoming Click…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In My Expert Opinion The Defendant Is A Liar
This post isn't about a white collar case, but America is our beat. Yesterday the Tenth Circuit reversed the bank robbery conviction of Stanley Hill, because FBI Special Agent Charles Jones (qualified as…
EvidenceProf Blog
Where The Truth Lies: The Hearsay Problem With Lie Detector Evidence
By Colin Miller
I have been writing quite a bit about lie detector evidence recently and have been mainly focused upon the (un)reliability of such evidence. Until recently, I hadn't really thought about…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
From the Archives: Roger Clemens and Lie Detector Tests
With a jury acquiting Roger Clemens on perjury charges last month, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at a post I did way back in…
Minnesota Employer
Can Employees Be Required to Take Lie-Detector Tests?
Under Minnesota law, employees cannot be required to take lie-detector tests, but they may volunteer to do so. Minnesota law prohibits employers from directly or indirectly soliciting or requiring “a…
EvidenceProf Blog
To Tell The Truth, Take 2: Researchers Claim 100% Accuracy In fMRI Studies
By Colin Miller
Earlier, I posted about research being conducted by a project launched by the John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation about how breakthroughs in neuroscience can be used in the…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Lie Detectors and the Workplace; Can Employers Force An Employee, Like Roger Clemens, To Take One?
Unless you've been focusing solely on the New Hampshire primaries today, you know that the other news headlines have been about former Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens denials of steroid use.…
EvidenceProf Blog
To Tell The Truth: Will fMRI Test Results Eventually Be Admissible In Court To Detect Lies?
By Colin Miller
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has launched a $10 million project to bring lawyers, judges, philosophers, legal scholars, and scientists together to confront the issue of how…