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| Polygraphs Responsible For False Imprisonment |
| By blogs.chicagotribune.com |
| Published: 09/24/2010 |
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Wednesday morning last week, Terrill Swift, 33, (right) was home with his mother in suburban Woodridge when he saw his parole officer coming up the walk. The officer — they're technically called "mandatory supervised release agents" since Illinois has all but done away with parole — was there to arrest Swift and haul him back to prison. Why? "He told me it was because Terrill's lie-detector tests were inconclusive," said Carleanne Swift. "I asked him, 'What does that mean?' He said, 'He failed.'" I was surprised to hear this when Terrill Swift's lawyer, Joshua Tepfer of Northwestern University's Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, called to share his frustration and concern. Not surprised that Swift had allegedly failed two polygraph exams since his release from prison in May. I have no idea if he's an honest man and no position on Tepfer's contention that Swift is innocent of participating in the 1994 rape and murder of a South Side woman for which he was convicted and served time. Read More. |
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Polygraphs are completely worthless. I can't imagine why in this day and age we still use them.