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Polygraph Tests
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EvidenceProf Blog
Caught In A Lie?: Court Of Appeals Of Indiana Finds Polygraph Evidence Admissible Pursuant To Stipulation
By Colin Miller
The Indidana State Police open an internal investigation against a police officer. As part of the investigation, the Superintendent of the Indiana State Police orders the officer to submit to a…
EvidenceProf Blog
No Pregnant Pause: Illinois Court Rejects Defendant’s Attempt To Analogize Home Pregnancy Tests To Polygraph Tests
By Colin Miller
As I noted in my post on Tuesday, in most jurisdictions, polygraph evidence is per se inadmissible. The conventional wisdom is that polygraph results are a lot less reliable than people, including jurors,…
EvidenceProf Blog
Which Lie Did I Tell? Texas Case Reveals That Polygraph Results Are Admissible In Probation Revocation Proceedings
By Colin Miller
As I have noted on several occasions, polygraph evidence is per se inadmissible in the vast majority of jurisdictions in the United States. Only New Mexico allows for the admission of polygraph…
EvidenceProf Blog
No Lie, Take 2: Supreme Court Of Vermont Declares Polygraph Evidence Per Se Inadmissible Under Rule 403
By Colin Miller
Previously, I have noted that polygraph test results are inadmissible in every United States jurisdiction except New Mexico barring a prior stipulation by both parties. It turns out, though, that…
EvidenceProf Blog
No Lie: California Case Reveals The State Has A Specific Rule Banning The Admission Of Polygraph Results
By Colin Miller
As I have noted before, New Mexico is the only United States jurisdiction that makes polygraph evidence presumptively admissible barring a prior stipulation by the parties. That said, in most jurisdictions,…
EvidenceProf Blog
Liar, Liar: Polygraph Evidence, The Jury As Lie Detector, Cross-Racial IDs & Quantifying Probable Cause & Reasonable Doubt
By Colin Miller
In United States v. Scheffer, 523 U.S. 303 (1998), Air Force airman Edward Scheffer volunteered in March 1992 to work as an informant on drug investigations, which rendered him subject to…
Texas Employer Handbook
Employment Law 101: Employee Polygraph Protection Act Guide
Who, What, Why . . . Who does it apply to: Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 applies to virtually every employer who might think of giving a polygraph test…
California Employment Law Report
Can Employers Require Employees To Take Polygraph Tests In California?
Simple answer: No. Employers cannot require that employees take a polygraph test, but if the employee voluntarily agrees to take the test, and the employer makes certain disclosures to the…
BeLabor the Point
Polygraphing Employees – A Recent Eleventh Circuit Case Serves as a Refresher
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision addressing an employer’s requirements under the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA). The decision, Cummings v. Washington Mutual, is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Tenth Circuit rejects challenge to polygraph testing as part of supervised release
Main February 7, 2011Tenth Circuit rejects challenge to polygraph testing as part of supervised releaseThe Tenth Circuit has a notable little decision about supervised release in US v. Begay, No.…