SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Police call lie detector tests an effective tool. However, one lawmaker doesn’t want police to use them on sex assault victims in Utah ever again, even if the victim wants it.

When you think of polygraph examinations, crime comes to mind. But the tests are being used to fish out potential cheaters in a Connecticut-based bluefish tournament. Stream Connecticut News for free, ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has found itself embroiled in a rather odd situation involving polygraph tests. In April, it confirmed to NPR that it was using these tests to catch personnel ...

Federal agencies have stepped up their efforts over the past few weeks to find potential leakers, and some — like the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense — are ...

A recent polygraph test taken in Orange County, Calif., has brought the validity of polygraphs — also called “lie detector tests” — into question. Even though some police departments and ...

D.C. police yesterday escalated their dispute with Rep. Gary A. Condit and his attorney, dismissing the results of a privately administered polygraph as having "no investigative value" and suggesting ...

Utah could soon ban government officials from asking alleged sexual assault victims to undergo a polygraph test — joining a growing list of states that bar the practice. Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt ...

double homicide, Stubbs’ lawyer said. Stubbs made the offer early in a seven-hour interview Monday with two detectives, attended also by Stubbs’ mother, sister and lawyer Al Flora. “We were all ...