Are the polygraph results admissible in court?
Federal courts have ruled that polygraph is not per-se inadmissible in a court procedure, but that it may be considered when standard rules of scientific evidence have been met. Applicants must apply to the judge for admissibility under the “Daubert” standard of evidence on a case-by-case basis. Individual judges can still decline to accept polygraph results. In most cases, polygraph evidence is used during pre-trial negotiations and plea bargain agreements rather than during the trial itself. For more information go to www.polygraph.org.
