In Recent Years, the Courts Have Reexamined the Issue of Admissibility

Multiple Choice

In recent years, the courts have reexamined the issue of admissibility of polygraph expert testimony and examination evidence. In regard to the use of the results of polygraph examinations:

A) although federal district courts are not in agreement concerning admissibility, it is error to state that such evidence is inadmissible in any federal court under any conditions.
B) there has been little evidence that the science of polygraphy has progressed in the last decade.
C) while polygraph results are inadmissible, evidence of the refusal of the defendant to take a lie detector test is admissible.
D) while federal courts do not agree concerning the use of results of polygraph examinations, state courts have been consistent in holding that such tests are not reliable under any circumstances.