A lie detector and the Indian court of law.
@aninditasen (18202)
Raurkela, India
September 10, 2022 8:15am CST
The accused or a criminal seldom tells the truth, especially when the victim is dead or murdered. In India the accused is therefore passed through the lie detection test by the police. However, the results of the lie detector are still not accepted by the Indian court of law, just because it is a stream of questions which the accused has just to answer with a ' yes' or a 'no'.
Recently a young woman of 23 burnt her husband to death and just kept on saying she didn't know how her husband died, though both she and her husband were the only people in the house and the time of her husband's death. The police was therefore forced to pass her through a lie detector. They found that the woman lied about the whole incident. Now if the court doesn't give Importance to the polices' findings, her dead husband and his family would never get justice. I think the Indian court should give Importance to lie detection test as the accused cannot manipulate the report.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
10 Sep 22
As far as I know here, lie detectors are deemed unreliable and are technically not suitable as evidence here in this country. I could be wrong.
But then we know the case you have stated here is obviously she is guilty.
Yes a skilled liar can pass the lie detector test as well.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
11 Sep 22
@aninditasen Yes they never tell and I sincerely wish there were some way to some machinery reliable.
@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
11 Sep 22
I second the motion (what you have said). Lie detector is unreliable.
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
11 Sep 22
@jobelbojel A murderer will never admit that he/she has killed and so there should be some process to know the truth. Countries used this machinery for terrorists and dons who never speak the truth.
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@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
10 Sep 22
@Smogdta12 I don't know much about the case.
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
11 Sep 22
They should be given weightage when interrogation don't work. Some criminals are too clever.
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
11 Sep 22
@Smogdta12 Lie detector is present in every country.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
11 Sep 22
For me, Lie detector shouldn't be used as a validation during the police questioning. The police can use it maybe but court should not accept it as a means.
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
11 Sep 22
I think when a criminal is an expert liar this device should be used.
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@DaddyEvil (174797)
• United States
10 Sep 22
The US courts do accept lie detector evidence... The problem is that some people can still lie while hooked to a lie detector and get away with it.
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@DaddyEvil (174797)
• United States
11 Sep 22
@aninditasen As long as law enforcement KNOWS it can be wrong so they don't depend on it, it's okay as a help in law enforcement.
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
12 Sep 22
@DaddyEvil Yes, it should be used to enforce law which is not done in the Indian court of law.
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
11 Sep 22
I have seen terrorists speaking out the truth with a lie detector. So invariably it helps a lot.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
24 Sep 22
I don't know how the lie detector determines whether the suspect is telling a lie or the truth.
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
24 Sep 22
There are buttons that are attached close to the brain/head of the accused and the reaction of the accused is recorded through yes or no after so set questions are put to the accused.
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@iKONICNoona (4428)
• Philippines
10 Sep 22
To me lie detector test results should be givwn importance specially if it can solve a henious crime . I am not sure though if lie detector machines can be manipulated or can be altered but it is of good help to human lives these days.
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
11 Sep 22
I too think a lie detector should be given importance. Manipulating a lie detector is not that easy.
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@iKONICNoona (4428)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
@aninditasen
I believe so too. Because here in my country when ever a big investigation is in process they give a big chance in using a lie detector machines followed up by its result .
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
12 Sep 22
@iKONICNoona That's right because sometimes deadly criminals just don't admit the truth.
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@snowy22315 (209257)
• United States
10 Sep 22
They aren't acceptable in the court here either, but I do know the police pay a lot of attentin to them.
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
11 Sep 22
The police in India too give importance to lie detection and the basis of it the Assistant Police Commissioner of Odisha sentenced the woman to two years imprisonment or else she was going scot free.
