Sit Down with Michael Franzese

Polygraph Expert EXPOSES Who’s Afraid of the Lie Detector — Congress, Cops & Cheaters

Sit Down with Michael Franzese

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People, I asked David Goldberg one question before we sat down: can you beat a lie detector? He’s run over 20,000 of them. He said no. And then he offered to prove it on me. I’m thinking about it. I took a polygraph years ago, about my father’s case. I passed — because I was telling the truth. So I’ve never understood why the courts call it “pseudoscience” and won’t let a jury see it. In this one, David tells me exactly who benefits from keeping it out, and it’s not the innocent. We get into how a passed test forces prosecutors to deal, the story of me walking into Giuliani’s prosecutors before I was even indicted and answering every question — and what the jury said about it after they acquitted me — the “you did five, tell me about the sixth” interrogation method, why infidelity is now the #1 reason people take the test, what applicants confess when they’re strapped in for a police or fire department job, the innocent people David’s gotten out of prison, and the question we both asked: what would happen if every member of Congress had to take one before they were sworn in? His answer: maybe five seats would be filled. #LieDetector #Polygraph #MichaelFranzese #Congress #TrueCrime00:00:00 Why Won't the Courts Allow a Lie Detector? 00:01:13 Greetings From Palm Beach 00:02:08 I Took a Polygraph About My Father's Case — And Passed 00:05:10 "Pseudoscience" — Why the Courts Keep It Out 00:08:11 Court-Certified — When a Judge Will Let It In 00:12:57 The Day Giuliani Had Me Arrested 00:14:09 I Answered Every Question Before I Was Indicted — The Jury Noticed 00:18:27 A 30-Page Report Nobody Can Ignore 00:19:24 How a Passed Test Forces the Prosecutor's Hand 00:22:43 Christa Pike — Why I'm Against the Death Penalty 00:25:20 20,000 Tests. Never Failed Someone Who Didn't Deserve It. 00:27:46 Strapped In With a Stranger — What's at Stake 00:33:43 "You Did Five. Tell Me About the Sixth." 00:36:00 What You Say in That Room Stays in That Room 00:38:24 Cops Rush to Judgment — Why He Reads the Indictment First 00:41:40 The Innocent People He's Gotten Out of Prison 00:43:09 Death Row Without Justice — For Anyone 00:49:14 The #1 Reason People Take the Test: Infidelity 00:50:41 "I Think My Spouse Is Cheating" — What He Finds 00:52:14 The Dream Job — What Cops and Firefighters Confess 01:00:16 Put Every Member of Congress on the Box 01:03:43 They're in Every Party — I Could Pick Them Out 01:05:10 9/11 — His Proudest Moment in Law Enforcement 01:08:09 I Applaud What You Do 01:11:05 God Bless — See You Next Time

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