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Re:Accused spy Alexander Yuk Ching Ma evidently beat the pol... by pc86 on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @08:24AM (#24197771)
Polygraphs are not used in US courts and the results are not admissible at trial, so I'm not sure what you're referring to in the last paragraph.
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Re:Accused spy Alexander Yuk Ching Ma evidently beat the pol... by mc32 on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @08:31AM (#24197823)
I think there is confusion/conflation with defendants offering to take a polygraph to prove innocence. Sometimes it’s a naive offer sometimes it’s someone who wants to “show proof” they “didn’t do it”.
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Re:Accused spy Alexander Yuk Ching Ma evidently beat the pol... by pc86 on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @08:32AM (#24197836)
Which is part of why they're inadmissible regardless of who wants to use them.
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Re:Accused spy Alexander Yuk Ching Ma evidently beat the pol... by mc32 on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @08:41AM (#24197912)
Sure but it’s usually a PR stunt by the defense “see my client is willing (therefore innocent as no liar would take the test the CIA uses to expose moles)”

“We took a privately administered test by a certified polygraph administrator and my client passed with flying colors!!!”

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