Polygraphs planned for released sex offenders
Publish date: 14 January 2005
Issue Number: 1254
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Labour
Britains Home Office intends introducing a law that will compel sex offenders released from prison to undergo compulsory lie-detector tests.
This follows a study that showed 85% were reoffending or breaching parole, or had failed polygraph tests, reports The Independent. The move is understood to be part of a pilot study included as a clause in the planned Management of Offenders and Sentencing Bill in the coming year. The police are also considering using polygraphs, which are 90% accurate, to help monitor sex offenders and have discussed deploying them in cases involving domestic violence and stalking. Full report in The Independent
