According to snopes.com, this is another urban legend.
Go to http://www.snopes.com/ and type lie detector in the box.
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| To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu@SMTP@cchntmsd |
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Good Morning,
I had an e-mail awaiting me this morning from a patron who wants me to help
him find this supposedly famous case. Has anybody ever heard of it?
" ... There is a famous case in which the police thought that a
none-too-bright suspect was lying, and they suggested a lie-detector
examination. He agreed. The problem was that there was no polygraph examiner
available.
" ... These innovative and creative officers were undeterred by
circumstance. They wired the man up to a copying machine and put a sheet of
paper in the drawer on which they had typed "He Is Lying." When they asked
him if he was guilty of the crime, he answered no, and so they pressed the
copy button, and out came the page saying "He Is Lying". They showed it to
the suspect, who then readily confessed. The ruling in the lawsuit which
inevitably followed was: his confession was voluntary and admissible. The
conviction held."
Sharon Wayland
Tarrant County Law Library
100 W. Weatherford, Rm. 420
Fort Worth, TX 76196-0800
817-212-7228
fax 817-884-1509
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