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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh said an FBI agent conducting a polygraph test that the agency said the convicted killer flunked asked odd questions and confided he had just ...
The polygraph test may have changed public opinion of the Ramseys but did not change their legal status as polygraph results are not admissable in court. John Mark Karr confessed to the murder in 2006
In court papers, prosecutors asked to keep the report on the polygraph test and summaries of Murdaugh's four FBI interviews from the public, saying a grand jury is continuing to investigate and ...
Scheffer, 523 U.S. 303 (1998), was the first case in which the Supreme Court issued a ruling with regard to the highly controversial matter of polygraph, or "lie-detector," testing. At issue was whether the per se exclusion of polygraph evidence offered by the accused in a military court violates the Sixth Amendment right to present a defense.
Workplaces in the United States must display this poster explaining the Employment Polygraph Protection Act to employees. The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA) is a United States federal law that generally prevents employers from using polygraph (lie detector) tests, either for pre-employment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions.
During his hiring by the FBI in 2004, he is alleged to have passed a polygraph examination which asked questions regarding foreign contacts and personal loyalties. [4] The day before starting his new job with the FBI, Ma called a suspected accomplice to inform them he would now be working full-time for "the other side."
Williamson was later asked by sheriff’s investigators to take a polygraph test. The district attorney’s office said he agreed to the test and passed, which “at the time, cleared him of any ...
A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, [1] [2] [3] is a pseudoscientific [4] [5] [6] device or procedure that measures and records several physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while a person is asked and answers a series of questions. [7]