Florida Sheriff Says Carole Baskin Refused Polygraph Test: ‘Everyone Else Has Agreed’ - Law & Crime
Florida Sheriff Says Carole Baskin Refused Polygraph Test: ‘Everyone Else Has Agreed’ - Law & Crime |
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| Florida Sheriff Says Carole Baskin Refused Polygraph Test: ‘Everyone Else Has Agreed’ - Law & Crime Posted: 31 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT
Carole Baskin, the lead protagonist in the hit Netflix series Tiger King, despite the memes and allegations made by her rivals, has repeatedly denied having fed her ex-husband, millionaire gadfly and businessman Don Lewis, to her own tigers or some other cats at Big Cat Rescue. But she has also refused to take a polygraph (a.k.a lie detector) test. The revelation was delivered Tuesday morning by Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister during an online press conference. "The last dealings that we had were back in 2011," Chronister said of the principal investigation into Lewis's mysterious disappearance and now-presumed–and legally-adjudicated–death. "We did offer Carole an opportunity to take a polygraph." Straight, no chaser. The sheriff did not mince words:
Chronister was responding to a question as to whether there were any significant updates–aside from the slew of new leads prompted by the massive viewership of Tiger King–on the case. The sheriff said there were not but took the opportunity to discuss some of the various ways the original inquiry into Lewis's whereabouts was frustrated. "It almost seems like our investigators, at every turn, encountered another obstacle," Chronister said. "I'll give you an example: he had two security guards. Both of them at the front gate of his property. They interviewed them separately. You have one saying, 'I haven't seen him in six months.' You have another saying, 'I saw him last week.' And these are two people, two individuals that work closely together. So, an extremely convoluted case."  Don Lewis, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office The sheriff also hinted that Lewis himself was no angel:
The technical status of the case into the missing businessman is that it's cold. But the success of the show has prompted a newfound focus and diversion of staff to field possible leads. "The case remains open," Chronister said. "We never close a cold case. What we will do is assign detectives and supervisors to other, higher priority cases, where we're actively pursuing leads that are coming in." "What I've done in this case, because of all the leads that are being generated because of the phenomenon that's been on Netflix, is ask that a detective supervisor be assigned to handle all the leads coming in," the sheriff continued. And there has been a marked increase in leads and calls since Tiger King originally aired. "I think the great thing about this that's come out is everyone's home," Chronister said, to muted laughter from some of the press. "They're watching Netflix which means they're home. Which means they're being safe. But we've got an increased number of leads. Over the last four or five days, we've had six on average. None credible yet. A lot of theories coming in on who they believe committed this homicide." As for the best-case scenario? Sheriff Chronister reiterated his hopes that the intense national focus on the once-forgotten case elicits some classic criminal backstabbing. "If you've seen the series, because of the competition between the people that had the different cat rescues, there was a lot of question and theories about who was loyal," he said. "And was someone really there as a spy? These individuals constantly had to prove their allegiance to the owner of the different rescues. So, what we're hoping is even someone has had a change of heart. Maybe a relationship status has changed. Anything that might help us solve this case." Baskin, for her part, posted a lengthy statement on her website addressing the allegations and calling them lies.
You can read the rest of Baskin's history of events here. Joe Maldonado-Passage, the Tiger King himself more widely known as Joe Exotic, was sentenced in Jan. 2020 to 22 years behind bars in the murder-for-hire plot against Baskin, and for illegal animal trafficking and animal abuse. [image via screengrab/Big Cat Rescue]  |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2020 12:00 AM PDT EyeDetect is the only accurate, automated lie detector test to allow safe social distancing LEHI, Utah, April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Of the estimated 2.5 million polygraph tests conducted annually by U.S. federal, state and local entities, most are on hold because of social distancing guidelines.  While polygraphs have all but stopped, EyeDetect can be used to maintain a safe social distance during lie detection testing. This allows government entities like law enforcement to continue testing job candidates during the COVID-19 Pandemic without fear of transferring the virus. Two sheriff's offices in Florida announced stopping polygraph tests due to safety risks associated with COVID-19. Around 75% of urban sheriffs' and police departments use polygraph for testing job applicants. EyeDetect by Converus uses advanced lie detection technology to analyze involuntary eye behaviors to detect deception. It allows safe social distancing as well. "You can easily maintain a safe social distance with EyeDetect," said Lt. Richard Gere, Spokane County Sheriff's Office. "You really can't do that during a polygraph test." The Spokane County Sheriff's Office — one of dozens of U.S. law enforcement agencies currently using EyeDetect — stopped pre-employment testing on March 25 to comply with the state's current stay-at-home order. Converus CEO Todd Mickelsen commented, "It's also important to clean equipment after testing." "The only EyeDetect equipment touched by examinees is a mouse, which is easy to clean," said Mickelsen. "During a polygraph, examinees are in contact with two corrugated tubes, finger sensors, blood pressure cuff, and motion sensor mat. It's challenging to adequately clean those between exams." EyeDetect also provides cost and time savings. Spokane County Sheriff uses EyeDetect early in the hiring process. If applicants pass the EyeDetect test, a background check and polygraph are conducted. "Identifying unqualified candidates early saves about 40 hours of background checks and polygraphs, which saves about $2,500 per applicant," said Gere. Mickelsen says EyeDetect can also help safely test parolees and sex offenders. Since 2014, EyeDetect has been used by more than 500 customers in 43 countries. Visit www.converus.com. About Converus® Converus provides scientifically validated credibility assessment technologies. EyeDetect® detects deception with 86-90% accuracy in 15-30 minutes by analyzing eye and other behaviors. IdentityDetect® detects falsified identities at 91% accuracy in about 1-3 minutes by analyzing subtle somatic nervous system changes. Both technologies help protect organizations and communities from corruption, crime and threats. Converus is headquartered in Lehi, Utah, USA.
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| Nabbing Criminals by Using Brainwave Analysis - Psychology Today Posted: 27 Apr 2020 10:14 AM PDT In a dramatic courtroom demonstration, O. J. Simpson struggled to put on a pair of blood-soaked leather gloves recovered from the murder scene—damning physical evidence of guilt if indeed the gloves were his. "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," defense attorney Johnnie Cochran proclaimed to the jury. Whether Simpson's failed efforts were theatrics or honest is difficult to judge, but Simpson was unable to slip his hands into the gloves easily and he was acquitted. Questions lingered over whether the blood saturated gloves had stiffened and shrunk, and the fit was further impeded by the rubber gloves Simpson was required to wear underneath the evidence gloves. Had the jury been provided with Simpson's brainwaves evoked in reaction to seeing the gloves, there would have been no need for the test fit. In fact, there would have been no need at all to question Simpson about the gloves. A tell-tale response in his brainwaves would have disclosed whether or not he recognized them.  Source: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain The ability to tap into the brain's electrical activity through sensors on the scalp (EEG) can accurately reveal if a person is concealing information. In contrast, a lie detector machine (polygraph) measures the body's stress response that frequently accompanies deception, but this is an indirect and imperfect way to determine whether a person is telling the truth. As explained in my new book, Electric Brain (BenBella, February 2020), the brain's operation in processing information and in thinking is becoming better understood, and technical advances in monitoring and interpreting the brain's electrical activity through the scalp can reveal a person's thoughts and emotions. This capability promises to make deception impossible. Brainwaves arise from the combined action of thousands of neurons in the cerebral cortex firing electrical impulses as they process mental information. When the brain's electrical activity is measured by EEG immediately after a stimulus is presented, a ripple in the ongoing brainwaves is produced, called an event-related potential (ERP). The immediate ERP brainwave reflects neural circuit activity engaged in receiving the sensory information; that is, the mechanics of sensory perception. But this is followed quickly by the brain's cognitive analysis of the event; for example, judging whether the event is important or novel. If the stimulus has special significance in a given situation, a characteristic peak in the brainwave will erupt one-third of a second after the stimulus is presented. This lightning-quick electrical event is called the "Aha!" response, and it is evoked when something grabs our attention. The tell-tale response is named the P300 wave because it peaks about 300 milliseconds after the stimulus is presented and it has a positive voltage polarity. For example, as you read the sentence that "I take my coffee with cream and dog," a P300 wave just erupted in your brain. Had the sentence read "cream and sugar," that would not have happened. Likewise, if the gloves were shown to Simpson and they had no significance to him, there would be no "Aha!" brainwave evoked. If, however, they were indeed the gloves he wore the night he allegedly murdered his wife and Ron Goldman, that recognition would have caused a P300 tsunami. "If there is a brainwave kick, you must convict."  "Aha!" P300 brainwave response Source: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain This brain hack is not a lie detector test because in using this brain science method there is no need to even question a witness or interrogate a suspect to sus out whether or not the answers given to probing questions are truthful. The P300 response is entirely automatic, and it will reveal if the person is cognoscente of critical facts and evidence in a case. Concealing knowledge about criminal culpability becomes impossible. Even in cases where no deception is involved, this brainwave analysis could be extremely valuable in law enforcement. Witnesses and victims in crimes are often unable to recall events accurately and in detail. When presented with sketchy evidence, false memories and misidentifications can derail the accuracy of testimony and result in erroneous convictions. Brainwaves, though, reflect the high-speed, nuts-and-bolts preconscious information processing in our brain. If any traces of experience from an event remain in the brain—even unconsciously—this EEG analysis can reveal it. The method has not yet found wide-spread acceptance in interrogations and courts of law, but it has been used. On August 5, 1999, neuroscientist Lawrence Farwell administered such an EEG test to murder suspect J. B. Grinder, to determine if specific details of the rape and murder of Julie Helton were recorded in the suspect's brain. The results revealed that information only the murder would have known was present in the suspect's brain. Grinder pleaded guilty and later confessed to murdering three other women. EEG technology and the ability to analyze complicated brainwave signals have advanced tremendously since the 1990s. In addition, other powerful methods of monitoring the brain's electrical activity through the scalp, such as functional magnetic brain imaging (fMRI), and infrared lasers that penetrate the scalp (near infra-red spectroscopy), can detect and analyze neural activity in brain circuits throughout the brain, not just in the cerebral cortex as EEG measures. Using these methods together with advanced machine learning to analyze the brain responses, neuroscientists can read a person's thoughts and emotions and see how specific neural circuits in an individual's brain respond to stimuli. As this technology and a deeper understanding of how the brain functions at a neural circuit level continue its rapid advance, the ability to directly interrogate a person's brain will become more powerful and more accurate. It is only a matter of time before this technology is adopted by interrogators and courts of law. Before that can happen, the methods must be proven reliable in practical application, not just in laboratory settings, and this high bar is what is limiting its use now. Also, recognition does not mean culpability. A person may have visited the Walmart store where a robbery had been committed, and their P300 brainwave would peak in response to viewing the crime scene photo, but that does not mean that the individual had any involvement in the crime. An additional complication is that individual differences in the P300 response are found that are related to level of arousal, working memory, cognitive capacity, personality (notably impulsivity and novelty seeking), age, neurological and psychological factors. Brainwave analysis may not be quite ready for use in solving crime and rendering justice in court, but there is little doubt that it will be soon. At that point, present methods, such as waterboarding to extract information, polygraph tests of anxiety while being questioned, and trial-by-fire tests of whether or not a glove fits in a courtroom spectacle, will seem primitive.  |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 01:18 AM PDT Married At First Sight star Mikey Pembroke has blasted talk his lie detector test results were 'fake', after he claimed he slept with Stacey Hampton. The 29-year-old took to Instagram on Tuesday, making his feelings known about speculation his polygraph test might not have been genuine. 'Do you own research into my lie detector. It was organised by an independent party. It's laughable it's related to my dad or its fake,' he said.  Hitting back: Married At First Sight star Mikey Pembroke, 29, (pictured) has slammed reports his lie detector test was 'fake' on Thursday, after his alleged romp with co-star Stacey Hampton The operations manager explained he was happy to do another test: 'The same one Stacey said she would do as long as its credible.' Lie detector tests are inadmissible in court, with them not infallible when it comes to distinguishing between truth and dishonesty. Despite the protest, Mikey explained he was done with this chapter of his life. 'If she does do one let me know and I'll do the same but otherwise I'm moving on.'  Enough: 'Do you own research into my lie detector. It was organised by an independent party. It's laughable it's related to my dad or its fake,' he said.  So, that settles it? Mikey scored an average of 10 for each answer, with truthfulness of an answer determined from three or above. Pictured: Stacey Hampton It comes after Mikey completed a lie detector test about the alleged affair. According to Yahoo earlier this week, Mikey made the declaration below before rigorous testing was completed for four hours. 'I, Michael Pembroke do hereby declare that while at the Sky Suites apartments I had sexual intercourse with Stacey Hampton,' he wrote in a declaration. Mikey scored an average of 10 for each answer, with truthfulness of an answer determined from three or above.  Over it: Mikey also admitted that he's growing tired of people not believing his claim that he slept with Stacey The polygraph expert told the site: 'It is my opinion that you are in fact being truthful to that issue.' 'There was no strong emotional responses indicative of deception to the declaration.' Stacey, however, denied the results were genuine, slamming them on Instagram. 'Mikey's lie detector test - done by his dads friend in the police force. Clap clap.'  Shocking: During Tuesday's explosive reunion episode of MAFS, the cheating scandal between Mikey and Stacey (L) played out. Pictured: Stacey's 'husband' Michael Goonan (R) Stacey and Mikey's alleged one-night stand was exposed at Tuesday's dinner party. The aspiring lawyer repeatedly denied the allegations, even after Mikey produced text messages. The reunion was filmed in mid-January and, more than two months later, Stacey continues to deny she ever slept with Mikey. Married At First Sight concludes Sunday at 7pm on Channel Nine  Denied: The reunion was filmed in mid-January and, more than two months later, Stacey continues to deny she ever slept with Mikey  |
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