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NCJ Number:	243791

Title:	Polygraphs and 215 Wrongful Conviction Exonerations

Journal:	Polygraph Volume:42 Issue:2 Dated:2013 Pages:112-127

Author(s):	Morrison Bonpasse

Date Published:	2013

Page Count:	16

Publisher:	http://www.polygraph.org/

Type:	Report (Study/Research) ; Research (Applied/Empirical)

Format:	Article

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	This article examines the role of polygraph examinations in 215 exonerations since 1939.

Abstract:	Accelerated by the precision of DNA testing, the criminal justice system has seen an unprecedented number of exonerations from wrongful convictions. This article examines the role of polygraph examinations in 215 exonerations since 1939 and finds that the polygraph was an excellent guide to the truth in those cases. With such a record of success in real cases involving real people who were wrongly convicted of crimes they did not commit, the polygraph should be used more often, in the interest of justice, to prevent future wrongful convictions and correct those which have already occurred. (Published Abstract)

Main Term(s):	Criminology

Index Term(s):	Investigative techniques; Polygraph reliability; Polygraphs



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