Detecting Lies Scientifically

Early in Aggravated there is a scene where a sheriff’s deputy interrogates Steve, and tells him he knows Steve is lying because he had been tracking Steve’s eye movements. Steve has a glass right eye, so he took off his glasses, tapped the right eyeball with his fingernail, generating a clacking sound, and said, “Which …

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Dixon’s Summary – Part 2

Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. What Was Missing From the Summary After I had gathered most of the documentation related to Steve’s trial, I began making notes, comparing one set of documents with another. One of the first things I noticed was that much of what Hanna originally claimed in her affidavit …

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Dixon’s Summary – Part 1

Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. Overview of the Summary In September 2004, Steve’s original attorney, Roland Mathis, filed a motion requesting records from any medical or psychiatric reports that the DA’s office might have. Hanna’s medical records and Ada Dixon’s session notes were the two primary things Mathis was looking for. It …

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