LIE DETECTORS BLOG & NEWS: NADAC GROUP

Inmate begs to take a lie detector test to reduce his sentence... and fails it!

TrentBanks, 29, of Baltimore, MD was convicted of shooting at his girlfriend in March 2006 after she slashed his car tires over his infidelity and sentenced to five years in jail (for a probation violation).  For the past three years, he's been complaining that he didn't do it and requesting over and over to take a lie detector test to prove it.  Well, a judge finally gave 'ol Trent a chance to reduce his sentence by taking the test.  Trent had to pay for the test and take a urinalysis to prove that he had not used any drugs in prison to skew the test.... Results?  FAIL!    At a hearing, the judge told him, "deception was indicated to 99 percent accuracy when you said you were not the one who shot at your girlfriend's car."  Trent told the judge that maybe he was just nervous... the judge explained that there are three possible outcomes in a lie-detector test: no deception, deception indicated or inconclusive.  In conclusive comes up when a person is so nervous that the examiner can't appropriately interpret the test results...  Note: make sure you really didn't do it before requesting a lie detector test!