Should Rape Accusers Have to Take Polygraphs?
In some states law enforcement authorities may ask sexual assualt victims to submit to a lie detector test (a practice that is outlawed in many states). One such victim who has been asked by an investigating detective to take a lie detector test after her attacker "passed" one discusses her experience in a post to the AntiPolygraph.org message board titled, Raped.
TalkLeft discusses the unreliability of polygraphs here and here.
As far as we're concerned, polygraphs are as reliable as voodoo. Their primary usefulness to law enforcement occurs during the pre-test interview process in which they convince people to confess before taking the test. The F.B.I. is famous for this.
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