Karen's third published article and second for www.PursuitMag.com!
To most of us, false confessions and accusations seem completely unfathomable. The first couple of questions that come to mind are, “Why would anyone admit to a crime that he/she did not commit?” and “Why would anyone knowingly accuse a person of a crime he/she did not commit?”
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Update: This article was published at www.WrongfulConvictionsBlog.org!
http://wrongfulconvictionsblog.org/2012/02/23/the-polygraph-and-false-confessions/
The polygraph industry in the United States, in particular, has done an outstanding job of perpetrating the myth that the polygraph exam is a benign scientific pursuit of the truth. Many people who take a polygraph exam, even if they pass it, conclude otherwise. Karen S. Beers, a respected legal investigator in Colorado, writes about how intimidating a polygraph exam can be and more about the problem of false confessions here.
To most of us, false confessions and accusations seem completely unfathomable. The first couple of questions that come to mind are, “Why would anyone admit to a crime that he/she did not commit?” and “Why would anyone knowingly accuse a person of a crime he/she did not commit?”
< Click here to read the complete article at PursuitMag.com >
Update: This article was published at www.WrongfulConvictionsBlog.org!
http://wrongfulconvictionsblog.org/2012/02/23/the-polygraph-and-false-confessions/
The polygraph industry in the United States, in particular, has done an outstanding job of perpetrating the myth that the polygraph exam is a benign scientific pursuit of the truth. Many people who take a polygraph exam, even if they pass it, conclude otherwise. Karen S. Beers, a respected legal investigator in Colorado, writes about how intimidating a polygraph exam can be and more about the problem of false confessions here.
