Re: “,” Dec. 14 news story.
On Dec. 12, state Rep. Steve Lebsock took a lie detector test to help determine the veracity of certain allegations that were recently made against him. Although he has already been tried, convicted and punished in the court of public opinion, according to the results of the lie detector test, the supposed incident in May 2016 never happened. I am absolutely in favor of holding all elected public officials, and all people for that matter, to high ethical standards. No one should be allowed to use their position of power and public trust to subjugate and humiliate others in any way. However, not every accusation of harassment is true. In the of case of Rep. Lebsock the allegations are spurious and, when looked at objectively, more than hint at being politically motivated. Lebsock deserves a very public apology from his accuser, from House Speaker Cristanta Duran, and from everyone else who called for his resignation.
Phil Silberman, Denver
Kudos to reporter Christopher N. Osher for highlighting that polygraphs are inadmissible per se in Colorado courts because they are scientifically unreliable. The statement, however, raises two important questions:
1) Why do the state judiciary and the Colorado Department of Corrections intentionally ignore the rule of law by continuing to require the useless tool, expending millions of dollars at taxpayer expense?
2) Is it not a conflict of interest for the state of Colorado to continue to contract with a polygrapher to the tune of millions of dollars when that poylygrapher helps drive policy on polygraphs?
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