Are polygraph tests admissible in court?
Recent court decisions have indicated throughout the country that polygraph examinations are not uniformly used in court for a myriad of reasons, one of which being that most subjects have a fifth amendment right and there is not a more obvious form of self-incrimination than taking a polygraph test, where one is actually testifying against himself if indeed he is lying. Most defense attorneys will not recommend taking a polygraph examination unless it is done privately for the defense attorney, in which the results of that test will not be made known to anyone if indeed the subject fails the polygraph examination. Of course if the subject passes the test, there will be few people in the jurisdiction of the defense attorney who will not be told that the subject passed the examination.
