Word: detectors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Astrophysicist Richard Henry and his NRL associates crammed X-ray detectors into the nose of an Aerobee rock et last September and fired it high above the atmosphere, which absorbs X rays before they reach the earth. Telemetry from one detector designed to spot "soft" or low-energy X rays emanating from intergalactic space showed unexpectedly high readings. What- in apparently empty space - was producing this radiation...
...been formally introduced as evidence, instead was shown to the jury to back up the district attorney's decision to reduce the charge. Moreover, Judge Gardner was well aware that higher courts have rarely allowed any testimony related to statements made by a person undergoing a lie-detector test or under truth drugs or hypnosis. Still, Gardner was interested...
...place of arrest, information about whether the defendant resisted or was armed at the time of arrest, a description of any physical evidence seized, and the nature of the charge. The jurists and cops would be specifically barred from revealing any previous record, the results of fingerprinting and lie detector tests, and whether the accused had confessed. They would also be prohibited from giving the identity of witnesses or stating any opinion as to guilt or innocence. The newly adopted A.B.A. guidelines propose penalties, up to and including contempt-of-court citations...
...salesman, but the investigation continued. The husband, Lester Harp, was brought to the district attorney's office for further questioning, and eventually the three Harp boys were also brought in. To clear up some points, Assistant District Attorney Loys Criswell asked if the three would mind taking a lie-detector test. Before they answered, their father took them aside for a family consultation and returned with some surprising news: "Bruce wants to tell you something...
...Merle Lansden reluctantly barred the boy's confession and found him not guilty. "Before a confession is to be accepted when a person is in custody or his freedom of action is limited in any significant manner, he must be warned," said the judge. Mention of "the words lie detector" indicated "that the finger of suspicion was moving toward Bruce...