Lance Armstrong's lawyer says former cyclist might consider taking lie-detector test to prove his innocence "A lie detector test properly administered, I'm a proponent of that frankly, just personally," said Armstrong's lawyer Tim Herman on Radio 5. I wouldn't challenge the results of a lie detector test with good equipment, properly administered by a qualified technician. That's a pretty simple answer. Asked if he was saying all 26 witnesses, 11 of whom were former team-mates of Armstrong and who revealed their own doping past by testifying, were lying, Herman said: "No, I'm not, several of them are. I can tell you that many witnesses had contradictory stories to tell and Lance had incidentally over 600 fellow riders, team members, trainers, that sort of thing, in his career racing in Europe. Of those, I think 11 came forward, but many others would and have refuted many of the allegations. Why would (the witnesses) wait until now (to come forward)? Here's the answer. It's because for the most part they've been given sweetheart deals. They are supposed to be suspended for four years, they're not. They're suspended for six months commencing in September so they don't miss a single race. Despite repeatedly denying accusations of doping, in August Armstrong opted against fighting the 15 separate charges filed against him by USADA, saying in a statement at the time that he was "finished with this nonsense." Herman attempted to explain that decision: "The same allegations, same witnesses, same information, was provided to the United States Justice Department in Los Angeles during their investigation and after two years of unbelievable stress emotionally and financially the Justice Department elected not to go forward with these allegations. Shortly after that here comes USADA with the same information and with the same witnesses. So faced with a predetermined result, faced with two to three years more litigation, stress and expenses, he (Armstrong) elected to move forward with the important part of his life which is the fight against cancer and that's all he devotes himself to and has for some time.