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Ye, well, e.g. Ted Bundy passed a polygraph. And the Green River Killer did too. But hey, another dude, innocent of course, did not pass the lie detector when t
by rndgermandude 7y ago
Ye, well, e.g. Ted Bundy passed a polygraph. And the Green River Killer did too. But hey, another dude, innocent of course, did not pass the lie detector when they were looking for the Green River Killer. Oops
- blaser-waffle 7y agoALdrich Ames passed a couple of polygraphs. They only got him because other sources implicated him, and because his finances were notably out of whack for a government employee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ames https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ames
- jandrese 7y agoI've heard that they're not very useful with true sociopaths because they require you to be uncomfortable with lying.
- cblades 7y agoEven then, unless they are coupled with a comprehensive psychological evaluation that could identify sociopathy, they could not be considered a useful tool (generously assuming that they have any truth-discerning usefulness to begin with).
- giles_corey 7y agoTo the best of my knowledge, Ted Bundy was never polygraphed. You are correct about the Green River Killer (Gary Leon Ridgway) and the innocent man (Melvin Foster): https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1067927512 https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1067927...