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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Help abolish lie-detectors from the workplace in California.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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The lie detector (or 'polygraph'), much used in the USA, is sometimes said to be a discredited instrument for detecting liars, but an experience of my own may be of interest at this point.
Polygraph (lie detector) "testing" is a fraud: it has no scientific basis and is entirely dependent on your ignorance and fear.
Scientific methods - lie detectors like the polygraph or the new lie machine.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Lie detectors in the courts.
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Rob Verdann,
Afterdark Removalist
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Sales of lie detectors, from cheapo $19.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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So the lie detectors have investigated honesty tests: these may be administered by interview, pencil and paper or the web.
Evidence: Lie detectors: Discussions and proposals: LeFevre v.
Human reactions are great lie detectors simply for the fact that they are very difficult to hide.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Evidence - Lie detector (polygraph)- admissibility of results and findings- validity of confession obtained after test.
Standard lie detectors use a polygraph, which determines a person's stress level by measuring galvanic skin response, respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure.
Courts have banned lie detectors from being used as evidence in most criminal trials.
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