Lie Detection: The Supreme Court's Polygraph Decision

Gershman, Bennett

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Lie Detection: The Supreme Court's Polygraph Decision

Bennett L. Gershman

Pace University - School of Law

September/October 1998

New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 70, p. 34, September/October 1998

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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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Date posted: November 21, 2009

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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: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1510299

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