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Is a polygraph a reliable lie detector?

  • Written by Jessica Gabel Cino, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Georgia State University
Does your body give away if you're lying or not?AP Photo/Edward Kitch

Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who’s accused Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, released the results of a polygraph test focused on the decades-old incident. They suggest that Ford’s responses to two questions about her...

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