Abracadabra, Hocus Pocus, Same Song, Different Chorus: The Newest Iteration of the "Science" of Lie Detection
Leonetti, Carrie
Abstract
The “lie detector” is the holy grail of criminal investigation and adjudication. Dissatisfied with the jury’s ability to sort truth-tellers from liars, police, prosecutors, and criminologists have longed dreamed of a scientific talisman that would definitively sort the guilty from the innocent.