Polygraph Poll

[minazoe]

the bottom line is they are protecting their daughter. I would take it, yes, but if it meant i had to answer questions about my child that might incriminate her it would be very very hard. I think that's why there are certain laws around this subject. Do we know for sure that the Anthony's were asked to take a poly? isn't this something LP said on TV?

I am just saying that I don't think they have ever had their eye on anyone but Casey from the very beginning and wether the Anthony's are being honest is neither here nor there. They are not the suspects. They gave a poly on Jesse, which is understandable.

I don't think they have ever expected 100% from the A's, The cops know they are lying about certain details.

 

[lin]

Not only would I take one, I'd demand they give me one ASAP so they could work on clearing me so they could concentrate their efforts on finding the responsible party. That's the way it works, clear family members, then move out from there.

100% with you on this. Tests are more reliable now, is my understanding, than they were 20 years ago. Yes, there are reasons they're not admissable in court but there are also reasons why LE uses them regularly.

Jessica Lund's grandmother showed deceptive on hers but she wasn't arrested or to my knowledge, even suspected. IIRC, it was put down to her guilt feelings over Jessica being missing. Totally normal if a loved one turned up missing to feel guilt --- if only I'd... etc. and something LE is used to seeing, is my understanding.

 

[StillLurkin]

I would never submit to a polygraph for anything else, but the minute one of my kids are in any kind of trouble or missing, I say hook me up!

 

[mimi56]

In a heartbeat! I've been polygraphed twice during job application processes and certainly would not hesitate to do it again if it involved a missing loved one. But then I have nothing to hide!!

 

[LaLaw2000]

This question is not about Casey, but about Cindy, George, and Lee.

If your grandchild, or niece had been missing awhile and the FBI came to you requesting a lie detector to rule you out so that they could move on to other things, would you do it?

Yes, I definately would. I took one years ago when I worked in the juvenile system as a part of the hiring process. I took another one a few years later when I joined LE. (was only in for 10 years)

I have a friend that is a poligrapher (sp), and he was sent to learn about voice analysis polygraphs at the FBI Academy @ Quantico, Va. about 4 years ago. He is a great law enforcement officer and a Christian family man and he believes in them. I told the absolute truth on both of mine and did not fear taking the test. I passed.

The 'control' questions are questions that are known truths by you. I would not hesitate to take one immediately, and would ask for one before LE had to ask me.

JMHO, tho.

 

[Faenorwyn]

I voted that I would take one without hesitation. Maybe I'm naive and just don't know enough about polygraph's or something, because I notice that alot of you say you wouldn't take one. If one of my kids or my neices were missing, I would lay out my whole life for the FBI to see....computer, home, backyard, anything they wanted I would cooperate 110%. That's generally what innocent people do, IMO. Whatever it takes to find that child, I would do it. I am one of the Anthony's supporters (not Casey), and I feel that they have cooperated fully with law enforcement. They opened their home and backyard to them, gave them cell phones and computers, it seems to me they have been cooperating. So I don't think a polygraph is really necessary BUT if it were me, I would be volunteering to take one, if I had nothing to hide. That's just me though. I understand alot of people don't trust the polygraph at all.

 

[LaLaw2000]

I would still take a polygraph. They have advanced with the machines.

 

[LeLe1953]

Yes I would take it. I would do whatever it took to find my loved one.

 

[dkitty]

If I were innocent, by all means I would take one..ASAP!

 

[Girlrilla]

Exactly. Because there is no guarantee that the junk-o-meter polygraph would reflect your innocence. The idea that a bunch of wires suctioned to your body is supposed to be able to determine whether you're being truthful or not is primitive and laughable.

There's a good reason why this data isn't admissible in a Court of law.

NG annoys me when she acts like taking a polygraph is the end-all, be-all of every case. Sorry Nancy, it's not your gold standard.

 

[kgeaux]

I'm not able to participate in the poll. I would have voted "I would never take one." but not with the additional stipulation that I believe the FBI would MAKE UP the results!!!

I would never take one because A.) polygraphs are only as good as the interpreter. B.) Many interpreters already know exactly what LE is "hoping" the results will be, and since reading a polygraph is a subjective experience, it's goofy to think this doesn't have an influence. And C.) Every single Law enforcement officer and lawyer I know has told me that they would NEVER take one and that they would advise family and friends not to submit to one. I figure they know more about it than me, and I respect their advice. D.) While I do not think the FBI would lie about results crazy I DO think LE "accidentally leaks" results that they determine help them out. They are particularly adept at taking an "undetermined" result and twisting it to make it look as though the test taker is guilty of something really, really bad. E.) LE tends to rely on this subjective test as "evidence" amongst themselves, regardless of the fact that the test results cannot be used as evidence in court.

There's more. But that'll give y'all a quick synopsis of my position.

Wish I could have voted!!

 

[2goldfish]

I would absolutely (ha) take it. but I dont necessarily trust their accuracy. but refusing one speaks more than inconclusive results.

 

[kgeaux]

Any innocent parent would take a lie detector test if given the opportunity to do so. Mark Klass jumped all over the opportunity. and I believe Josh Duckett did as well. Pass a lie detector test tells the cops you are willing to cooperate and you are telling the truth. Once you pass the test they can begin looking at other suspects without looking at you as a suspect but the family refused. This tells me they all have something to hide

See what you've said is just not true. It's a rather broad statement, and I understand you're just speaking generally. But to bring it down to a personal level, I would not take a polygraph, EVER, even if one of my children were missing and I was completely innocent. And if I was innocent, wouldn't it be wrong that many would be determining my guilt based on my refusal to subject myself to a proven unreliable experimental test?

It's a myth put out by LAW ENFORCEMENT that the innocent have NO REASON to refuse a polygraph. Just on the basis of that myth, put out by a VERY biased group, many would jump to call the refuser guilty and that shouldn't be in our justice system.

Whether we like it or not, the innocent do not (or should not) have to prove their innocence. The cops, through INVESTIGATION of evidence, should be able to come up with enough evidence to warrent an arrest and a trial. And if they can't come up with that evidence, there won't be an arrest or a trial no matter how many polys have been given and passed OR failed.

It's a lazy, inaccurate "investigative" tool that can get in the way of good old fashioned gumshoe investigation. And it truly doesn't mean anything one way or the other, because if there is evidence, THAT is what counts. And if there is NO evidence, THAT is what counts. The polygraph won't count at all.

 

[kgeaux]

if it was my child i would take one.

mark lunsford took one as did his mother....it was deemed "inconclusive" then i think back to jonbenet ramsey case....i would never want to take a page from that book and it seems as if that's just what the anthony's are doing

In the case of Jessica's grandmother, it wasn't just deemed "inconclusive." The results were said to "raise red flags" which subjected that poor granny to horrible suspicion and terrible internet rumors. And yet, she was completely innocent. Completely.

 

[TopGunner]

Personally, I feel that it goes without saying that anyone who had nothing to hide would take a polygraph. I'd be begging to take one if I thought it could help find my daughter. I'd be begging to take one if I thought it would help find my grandaughter, even if it was at the expense of my daughter. Find her FIRST, worry about implications later.

I cannot even imagine ANYONE refusing to take one. JMO of course.

 

[Brini]

This question is not about Casey, but about Cindy, George, and Lee.

If your grandchild, or niece had been missing awhile and the FBI came to you requesting a lie detector to rule you out so that they could move on to other things, would you do it?

No hesitation.

 

[Misfit76]

I have a nerve/anxiety disorder so not sure how that affects results, but if one of my loved ones were missing I would take one in a heartbeat.

 

[minazoe]

they have things to hide...they can't take it. their daughter is a dp candidate....think about walking your own child to the gallows...will you still take it? they cannot take it...period. Everyone knows that they did things that might have been wrong, maybe trying to cover up something in the beginning when they were in shock...but I don't beleive they ever saw Caylee's body. They cannot take a LDT...It won't help Caylee now anyway.

 

[christine2448]

And what innocent parent is going to stop to think about what this could do to them in the future if they fail it. NO WAY would you be thinking that. And it is only ONE tool the police use, I think it is more about the willingness to take one as much as it is about results. And LE has to pay attention to statistics or they would waste time. It is common knowledge they have to clear the parents and family first so why all the resistance to this???

I would most definitely think about it because I know about it.

LE would NOT suspect me based on me refusing. Why? Because all of my OTHER actions would prove my innocence. And of course if evidence was available that would do the same.

I think they would respect my decision based on why I explain to them I do not want to take it (some may actually agree with me and say they'd not take one either).

For me, it would NOT be worth the risk (the odds are better they are wrong then not) of them focusing on me instead of who really has my child or hurt my child. JMO, FWIW.