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Polygraph Tests
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Southwest Florida Business and IP Blog
Lie to Me: A Refresher on the Employee Polygraph Protection Act
We were asked recently whether an employer could require employees to submit to a lie detector test. The answer, in almost all cases, is no. The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of…
EvidenceProf Blog
The Invention Of Lie Detection: Dr. William Marston And The Creation Of The Lie Detector Test, Frye, & Wonder Woman
By Colin Miller
I recently came across an interesting piece of information: Wonder Woman's creator, Dr. William Moulton Marston, created not only her Lasso of Truth, but also the systolic blood pressure test, i.e.,…
EvidenceProf Blog
True Lies: Ohio Defendant Acquitted Despite Evidence Of Failed Polygraph Test Being Presented To Jury
By Colin Miller
As I have noted before on this blog, "Evidence of polygraph test results are per se inadmissible (except in New Mexico) unless both sides stipulate to their admission before the test is taken." A…
Sentencing Law and Policy
District judge imposes sentence after defendant ordered to take (and fails) lie-detector test
Main November 18, 2009District judge imposes sentence after defendant ordered to take (and fails) lie-detector test I just came across what strikes me as a very unusual federal sentencing story…
EvidenceProf Blog
Hook Me Up: Court Of Appeals Of Indiana Addresses Admissibility Of Polygraph-Related Statements
By Colin Miller
There's an odd dichotomy under the Federal Rules of Evidence and state counterparts. Evidence of polygraph test results are per se inadmissible (except in New Mexico) unless both sides stipulate to their…
EvidenceProf Blog
Lie To Me: Colorado Supreme Court Denies Cert in Rule 703/Polygraph Case
By Colin Miller
Recently, in People ex rel. M.M., Jr. v. M.M., 2009 WL 2917036 (Colo. 2009), the Colrado Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari from People ex rel. M.M., Jr., 2009 WL…
New Jersey Law Blog
Recent Case Law Under the Employee Polygraph Protection Act
Stark & Stark’s Employment group authored the article Recent Case Law Under the Employee Polygraph Protection Act: A Practical Review, for the June 2009 issue of the Privacy & Data…
Tennessee Insurance Litigation Blog
An Insured’s Willingness to Take a Polygraph Test – Admissible?
Here's a tidbit that can come in handy in the right case. In Murphy v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 772 F.2d 273 (6th Cir. 1985), the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals…
Smooth Transitions
Recording Phone Calls & Polygraph Testing
By Rob Radcliff
Recording phone conversations. One issue that I frequently receive questions about is whether it's permissible to record phone conversations that you are a party to? The answer varies from state…
EvidenceProf Blog
Lie Detector As Sentencing Tool?: Maryland Judge Allows Defendant To Take Polygraph Test As Part Of Sentencing Process
By Colin Miller
In a strange ruling which I think is clearly contradictory to Maryland precedent, a Baltimore County judge has given convicted felon Trent L. Banks a chance to take a lie-detector…