2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 69 COMMONWEALTH'S AND COUNTY ATTORNEYS 69.008 Commonwealth's and county attorneys prohibited from requesting or requiring victim of alleged sexual offense to submit to polygraph or other examination -- Other prohibitions.
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69.008 Commonwealth's and county attorneys prohibited from requesting or
requiring victim of alleged sexual offense to submit to polygraph or other <br>examination -- Other prohibitions.
No Commonwealth's or county attorney shall: <br>(1) As a condition of proceeding with an investigation or prosecution of a case, request
or require a victim of an alleged sexual offense to submit to a polygraph <br>examination or any other device designed for the purpose of determining whether a <br>person is telling the truth; or
(2) Charge or threaten to charge the victim of an alleged sexual offense with
prosecution for a criminal offense for refusing to submit to a polygraph examination <br>or other device designed for the purpose of determining whether a person is telling <br>the truth.
Effective: July 15, 2008 <br>History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008. <br>Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 2,
provided that this statute be created as a new section of KRS Chapter 65. However, <br>in codification the Reviser of Statutes has created it as a new section of KRS Chapter <br>69, relating to Commonwealth's and county attorneys, under the authority of KRS <br>7.136(a).
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