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Polygraph obtained held admissible although defendant confessed

Polygraph tests were held admissible in a case where police lied to a defendant and told her that she had failed the polygraph test to get her confession. The defendant went on to confess, and the Missouri Supreme Court said the fact that she actually passed the test can be admitted at her trial. Ordinarily, ...

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