Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Polygraph in the News - 9-1-2009

The following are news pieces in which Polygraph is playing a role in the World.
(Article descriptions are mine)


** Please note that many news sources archive their stories after a certain period of time. If a link no longer works, this may be what happened.


  • A juror in a 1994 murder trial breaks her silence and admits that she has doubts about her vote to convict Anthony Lemons for the Murder of Eric Sims. At the trial, Lemons asked if the sentencing judge would give him a polygraph test. He stated that he knows he is innocent and if he failed the exam, they could give him 'the chair'. He was not granted the test and has been serving his sentence until recently when he was afforded a chance to take the test, which he passed. Lemons is asking for a new trial.
    Full Article Link: (video below)
    http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=120459&catid=3

  • Putnam County Florida - Misty Cummings, the now Step Mother to missing child HaLeigh Cummings remains a suspect. She already failed two polygraph tests and recently took a Layered Voice Analysis Test with Private Investigator T.J. Ward. Ward was interviewed regarding the test, but appeared to be more interested in convincing us how his 'LVA 6.50 with 2800 agu-rhythms???' can pretty much read minds and is much better than traditional polygraph. Below the video link, I've included a link to the US Department of Justice Voice Stress Study showing only 15% of the guilty were identified correctly by voice stress technology, a very different result than the 95% accuracy rate claimed by Ward in the video.
    T.J. Ward LVA Video Link:
    http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=immersiveplayer&maven_referralPlaylistId=e91276d17ee6ae4cc3bcd3da8b1d0b7d36168356&maven_referralObject=1229703739

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