Wisconsin state prison officials have denied TV producers interviews with, and lie detector tests for, several convicted murderers.

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Producers of "Lie Detector" wanted to talk to and test several convicted killers, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Thursday.

The show, a revival of a 1960s broadcast by the same name, seeks to interview and give lie detector tests to inmates to see if they are artful liars or innocent.

Rick Raemisch, the state's deputy corrections secretary rejected the producers' requests for access, though he had recently granted a similar request to another show.

Obviously frustrated, "Lie Detector" producers noted two convicted killers they were seeking access to had been investigated by Raemisch when he was Dane County sheriff.

Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, said he had no reason to suspect Raemisch was trying to block a look into his investigations as sheriff, but the rejection could appear suspicious, he said.

"When you deny something without really substantial reasons, it looks like you're trying to hide something, and that usually raises questions about the cases," he said.