When I was 16 yrs. old, worked in a Rite Aid drugstore (east coast US chain), you had to sign a paper agreeing to take a lie detector test. One day, when we all had to report to work to do stock work, mgr. announced stuff was being stolen & we all had to take lie detector tests. There was this "old" guy who was probably 30, the head "stockboy" who had bragged about stuff he stole. My theft consisted of: I had shorted a cash draw a nickle & ate some candy from a broken bag. Also, I & many others were aware of this head stockboy bragging about his thefts. Yes, we were wrong for not reporting him to the mgr., but this was not going to be our career, working at rite aid, so a number of us decided not to report this guy as he was a bit threatening. We were all fired due to our lie detector test results, but guess who was not fired? Yeah, head stockboy, who also bragged that he knew how to beat the lie detector. As a result, I have no faith nor will ever be subjected to a lie detector test again. If I were a juror & lie detector tests were allowed in US courts, I would ignore the results.
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Agree 100%, there will always be individuals who know how to beat these tests.
When I was 16 yrs. old, worked in a Rite Aid drugstore (east coast US chain), you had to sign a paper agreeing to take a lie detector test. One day, when we all had to report to work to do stock work, mgr. announced stuff was being stolen & we all had to take lie detector tests. There was this "old" guy who was probably 30, the head "stockboy" who had bragged about stuff he stole. My theft consisted of: I had shorted a cash draw a nickle & ate some candy from a broken bag. Also, I & many others were aware of this head stockboy bragging about his thefts. Yes, we were wrong for not reporting him to the mgr., but this was not going to be our career, working at rite aid, so a number of us decided not to report this guy as he was a bit threatening. We were all fired due to our lie detector test results, but guess who was not fired? Yeah, head stockboy, who also bragged that he knew how to beat the lie detector. As a result, I have no faith nor will ever be subjected to a lie detector test again. If I were a juror & lie detector tests were allowed in US courts, I would ignore the results.