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Dueling Polygraphs in Pittsburgh Beating Case

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Three Pittsburgh police officers who stand accused of wantonly beating 18-year-old honor student Jordan Miles have all passed lie detector tests. But Miles also passed a lie detector test regarding the incident. So whose lie detector is lying? Jill King Greenwood reports for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Three Pittsburgh police officers accused of beating a Homewood …

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El Paso Police Chief Calls Polygraph a “Piece of Junk”

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Speaking in unusually blunt terms for a senior law enforcement official, El Paso, Texas chief of police Greg Allen has decried the polygraph as a “piece of junk,” while El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association president Bobby Holguin has pronounced it “garbage.” Adriana M. Chávez reports for the El Paso Times: EL PASO — The …

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