Petition · past parliament
Criminal Justice System to accept polygraph results as evidence.
Closed
7 signatures
What the petition asks
For serious offences a Polygraph test should be used as evidence. For crimes such as historic child abuse where independent witnesses will not really exist. As nearly all children who are abused will by themselves. These results should be used or funding for research should be given.
We want the results to be used or funding granted to make these tests more accurate.
Some people believe that the lie detectors are 90% accurate when other believe they are around 70% accurate. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92847
When eyewitness statements are used as evidence and their accuracy can be within this %.
What we want is some form of lie detector to be used in the near future as evidence.
Some people believe that the lie detectors are 90% accurate when other believe they are around 70% accurate. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92847
When eyewitness statements are used as evidence and their accuracy can be within this %.
What we want is some form of lie detector to be used in the near future as evidence.
Timeline
| 16 Dec 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 2 May 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
7
Status
Closed
Opened
16 Dec 2016
Closed
2 May 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.