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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 04:44 PM Original message |
Judge Orders Rape Survivors to Take Lie-Detection Test |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Despicable. |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. You know a lie detector |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. yeah, that's kind of an important point |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Actually, they're remarkably hard to beat |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Rapists seem a bit like sociopaths to me. nt |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Nonsense. Lie detectors are completely unreliable. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. About as remarkably hard as a coin flip |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-01-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Not hard to beat |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-01-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. That reminds me of story |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-01-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. My buddy is cool as ice |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. it boggles. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. UPDATE, "Judge Alison Floyd backs away from ordering polygraphs" |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. "All have refused." |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. What do the "victims" have to hide? |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. The point is polygraphs don't work either way. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Because polygraph tests are not reliable, which is why they are inadmissible |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Most states use them to gauge sex offenders. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. because there's money in horseshit |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Well, I fully expect you to start advocating for an end to forced polygraphs for sex offenders then. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. This judge backed down from this order. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Polygraphs are an intimidation tool more than anything else |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-01-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Is that true? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. polygraphs don't work, and victims are already fragile |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Badly phrased questions will do anyone in. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. The defendants were found delinquent. No quotes necessary. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-01-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Defendants don't have to take polygraph tests |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. The victims' polygraphs were ordered AFTER |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Juries find them guilty |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. These are juveniles. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. She needs to be removed from the bench. |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Y'know, I could see the value of determining the honesty of both alleged victims and |
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FooshIt (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. false accusations do happen |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. They do, but would a polygraph honestly be able to tell the difference? |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Would you have felt better if your accuser was polygraphed |
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FooshIt (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. its just hard because the evidence is someones word |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Again, AFTER the guilty verdict? |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Even if polygraphs were better than just a hair shy of reading tea leaves.... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. This happened in April |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. However, no one but us notices SHE RESCINDED THIS ORDER |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. So she went to rehab instead of continuing to smoke whatever gave her such poor judgment. |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Sure, AFTER the victims refused to do it. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I agree. However it makes the OP outdated. Sorry if posting current info upsets you |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. I don't disagree |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I can see your point about "he said she said" and false allegations. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. It is not admissible in court because it is not 100% reliable |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-01-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. I was under the impression that lie-detector results are not admissable in court..so what would be . |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-01-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
47. Aren't lie detectors inadmissible in court? And if so, how can a judge |
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