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Originally Posted by Makarov
I'm not at all familiar with the technology etc, but I presume there is a reason (unreliability) that our courts have held that lie detector results are not admissible.
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I'm not extremely familiar with it either but to say its 0% accurate wouldn't really make sense to me since it is still used quite a bit as far as I know in criminal cases. Obviously some believe in its validity more than others but I think there is some validity to it. If you watch any shows like Dateline or Forensic Files they are often used and I've found more often than not they do clear innocent suspects and often guilty suspects fail. Also I'm pretty sure the police force actually uses them in their hiring process as well. In court you obviously want to be 100% certain so I fully agree they shouldn't be used in those circumstances but I do believe the average person would have a tough time tricking them. If they wern't of any benefit I doubt they would be used as much as they are.