Download This PaperLie Detection: The Supreme Court's Polygraph Decision
New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 70, p. 34, September/October 1998
4 Pages Posted: 21 Nov 2009
Date Written: September/October 1998
Abstract
In United States v. Scheffer, decided this past Term, the Supreme Court considered for the first time the admissibility of polygraph evidence. The Court held that exclusion of such evidence on behalf of a criminal defendant was supported by valid justifications and offended no constitutional right to present a defense.
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Gershman, Bennett L., Lie Detection: The Supreme Court's Polygraph Decision (September/October 1998). New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 70, p. 34, September/October 1998, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1510299
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