Looks like it is just another Urban Legend:
http://www.snopes.com/legal/colander.htm
Rita Bronnenkant
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-----Original Message-----
From: swayland@tarrantcounty.com [mailto:swayland@tarrantcounty.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 9:14 AM
To: 'law-lib@ucdavis.edu'
Subject: famous case?
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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