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NCJ Number: 243791 Find in a Library
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
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
Publisher: http://www.polygraph.org/ 
Page Count: 16
Format: Article
Type: Report (Study/Research) ; Research (Applied/Empirical)
Country: United States of America
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