Re: More Polygraph Nonsense

[George Maschke]

In his 14 November 2002 commentary (http://randi.org/jr/111403.html), James Randi mentions that serial killer Gary Leon Ridway, an early suspect in the Green River killings, "passed" a polygraph "test." This is not the only misdirection caused by reliance on the polygraph in that case. Melvin Foster, another early suspect in the case, took a polygraph test in September 1982 and failed, resulting in much unpleasantness for him. Ridgway's confession (and DNA evidence) exonerates him:

http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/147551

For related discussion of the Ridgway case, see the message thread Deadliest Killer in U.S. History Passed Polygraph (http://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?board=Policy;action=display;num=1067927512 ) on AntiPolygraph.org.

[Zep]

The US police forces and similar won't get a clue from this, though. Unfortunately.

[Scoobmaster]

I just thought that I would mention that the Winter Issue of American Heritage of Invention and Technology (http://www.inventionandtechnology.com/) I just received contained a good article about the polygraph.