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Cuomo dodges questions on whether or not he will take lie detector test he demanded of Kavanaugh - Washington Examiner

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Cuomo dodges questions on whether or not he will take lie detector test he demanded of Kavanaugh - Washington Examiner Cuomo dodges questions on whether or not he will take lie detector test he demanded of Kavanaugh - Washington Examiner Posted: 25 Feb 2021 06:07 AM PST New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was recently accused of sexual harassment, is facing questions about calling for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to take a lie detector test after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him during his confirmation process. Cuomo's office did not respond to a request to explain whether or not he would take the lie detector test he demanded of Kavanaugh now that sexual harassment accusations have been made against him, according to the New York Post . A request for comment to Cuomo's office from the Washington Examiner also received no response. ELISE STEFANIK DEMANDS RESIGNATION OF 'CRIMINAL SEXUAL PREDAT...

Luke Mitchell polygraph expert says Jodi Jones’ murderer is innocent - The Scottish Sun

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Luke Mitchell polygraph expert says Jodi Jones’ murderer is innocent - The Scottish Sun Luke Mitchell polygraph expert says Jodi Jones’ murderer is innocent - The Scottish Sun Posted: 25 Feb 2021 01:00 PM PST A LIE detector expert who carried out a test on Jodi Jones' killer Luke Mitchell maintained that he is innocent. The 14-year-old was butchered to death in Easthouses, Midlothian, in 2003 with her boyfriend Luke, who was also 14 at the time, caged for life for the brutal killing. 3 Mitchell was caged for life over the murder and has always maintained he was innocent He has always maintained he was innocent. The convicted killer undertook a polygraph test with Terry Mullins in 2013 hoping to gain public support and passed the test in which he denies being involved with the murder. The expert was interviewed on James English's Anything Goes podcast in 2019 and was asked about his findings. Jodi Jones' killer Lu...

Lie detectors have always been suspect. AI has made the problem worse. - MIT Technology Review

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Lie detectors have always been suspect. AI has made the problem worse. - MIT Technology Review Lie detectors have always been suspect. AI has made the problem worse. - MIT Technology Review Posted: 13 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT MMU put out a press release in 2003 touting the technology as a new invention that would make the polygraph obsolete. "I was a bit shocked," Rothwell said, "because I felt it was too early." The US government was making numerous forays into deception-detection technology in the first years after 9/11, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Defense (DoD), and National Science Foundation all spending millions of dollars on such research. These agencies funded the creation of a kiosk called AVATAR at the University of Arizona. AVATAR, which analyzed facial expressions, body language, and people's voices to assign subjects a "credibility score," was tested in US airports...

Berea-Midpark students, police Dare to Dialogue on police use of force: Community Voices - cleveland.com

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Berea-Midpark students, police Dare to Dialogue on police use of force: Community Voices - cleveland.com Berea-Midpark students, police Dare to Dialogue on police use of force: Community Voices - cleveland.com Posted: 26 Feb 2021 12:24 PM PST BEREA, Ohio -- In 2018, Adrian Griffin made what he calls "an unfortunate decision" to break into a neighbor's home. The homeowner was a Marine Corps veteran who restrained Griffin until police arrived. It took four officers to get Griffin under control. One of the arresting officers was Dan Clark, now the Berea chief of police. "They were doing what they had to do," Griffin said. Fast forward to 2021. Griffin, Clark and other city officials were part of a forum at Berea-Midpark High School to discuss police use of force. The Dare to Dialogue discussion was live-streamed throughout the school so all students could take part. Berea-Midpark High School students and city o...

Addiction Is Not a Crime. The Drug War Is. | Pierre Tristam - FlaglerLive.com

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Addiction Is Not a Crime. The Drug War Is. | Pierre Tristam - FlaglerLive.com Addiction Is Not a Crime. The Drug War Is. | Pierre Tristam - FlaglerLive.com Posted: 20 Feb 2021 09:36 AM PST Every defendant a Josef K. (© FlaglerLive) Every morning I check the court docket for cases worth reporting on. Almost every morning I'm repelled by the futility and embarrassed for the judges, the attorneys, the clerks, cops and especially the defendants who are humiliated through the judicial gauntlet at our expense over idiotic drug charges that don't belong in court. Most are for mere possession.  Next Monday a 38-year-old Flagler Beach guy is getting sentenced for possession of ecstasy. A 29-year-old Palm Coast man is pleading guilty to possession of pot. A 26-year-old Jacksonville man is pleading to possession of cocaine. A 19-year-old St. Augustine man who's been sitting in jail since January 22 on a meth possession–Sheriff Ric...

New lie detector looks in your eyes to see if you're telling the truth - WTHR

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New lie detector looks in your eyes to see if you're telling the truth - WTHR New lie detector looks in your eyes to see if you're telling the truth - WTHR Posted: 24 Feb 2020 12:00 AM PST A former Indianapolis homicide detector is showing a new cost-effective and very accurate lie detector to police across the country. INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - There's a new high-tech lie detector test that has been put it to the test by Eyewitness News. It's called EyeDetect and it's nothing like the polygraph many of us have seen over the years. Eyewitness News Crime Beat Reporter Steve Jefferson challenged two staffers here at Channel 13 to try to beat EyeDetect at the truth. Compared to a polygraph exam, EyeDetect is fast, cost-effective and very accurate when it comes to finding out if you're telling the truth. WTHR promotions writer and producer Chauncey Baker agreed to see if he could beat EyeDetect...