Saul Kassin

Trusting in the lie detector test and trusting in his own innocence, Peter said, yes, I would. At which point they administered a test and lied about the results. They said, Peter, you failed the test. And he said, that's not possible. And they said, well, it is possible. You failed the test. It shows deception.

Trusting in the lie detector test and trusting in his own innocence, Peter said, yes, I would. At which point they administered a test and lied about the results. They said, Peter, you failed the test. And he said, that's not possible. And they said, well, it is possible. You failed the test. It shows deception.

And sometimes the test tells us things about you or a person that even they don't know about themselves. So it looks like you killed your mother, even if you don't remember it. Now, Peter's in this quandary.

And sometimes the test tells us things about you or a person that even they don't know about themselves. So it looks like you killed your mother, even if you don't remember it. Now, Peter's in this quandary.

And sometimes the test tells us things about you or a person that even they don't know about themselves. So it looks like you killed your mother, even if you don't remember it. Now, Peter's in this quandary.

On the one hand, they're claiming to have unimpeachable medical, sometimes the polygraph is referred to as medical evidence, sometimes it's referred to as scientific evidence, but it's objective. And it can tell us things about you and your behavior that even you don't recall. So Peter, on the one hand, has this unimpeachable evidence presented to him. Now he's 17.

On the one hand, they're claiming to have unimpeachable medical, sometimes the polygraph is referred to as medical evidence, sometimes it's referred to as scientific evidence, but it's objective. And it can tell us things about you and your behavior that even you don't recall. So Peter, on the one hand, has this unimpeachable evidence presented to him. Now he's 17.

On the one hand, they're claiming to have unimpeachable medical, sometimes the polygraph is referred to as medical evidence, sometimes it's referred to as scientific evidence, but it's objective. And it can tell us things about you and your behavior that even you don't recall. So Peter, on the one hand, has this unimpeachable evidence presented to him. Now he's 17.

And God knows what his mental and emotional state is at this time. His mother is his only surviving relative. And he grows up trusting police. And like most Americans, doesn't know that they're allowed to lie about evidence. So Peter is trying to reconcile, on the one hand, they say that I failed the lie detector test. And on the other hand, I don't remember it that way.

And God knows what his mental and emotional state is at this time. His mother is his only surviving relative. And he grows up trusting police. And like most Americans, doesn't know that they're allowed to lie about evidence. So Peter is trying to reconcile, on the one hand, they say that I failed the lie detector test. And on the other hand, I don't remember it that way.

And God knows what his mental and emotional state is at this time. His mother is his only surviving relative. And he grows up trusting police. And like most Americans, doesn't know that they're allowed to lie about evidence. So Peter is trying to reconcile, on the one hand, they say that I failed the lie detector test. And on the other hand, I don't remember it that way.

And they presented him with some options. You know, sometimes that happens. People block unpleasant memories or people lose consciousness. And they gave him a way to bridge this gap between their unimpeachable evidence and his lack of memory. And so they convinced him that he must have done it. He transitions from this state of denial to, well, it looks like I did it.

And they presented him with some options. You know, sometimes that happens. People block unpleasant memories or people lose consciousness. And they gave him a way to bridge this gap between their unimpeachable evidence and his lack of memory. And so they convinced him that he must have done it. He transitions from this state of denial to, well, it looks like I did it.

And they presented him with some options. You know, sometimes that happens. People block unpleasant memories or people lose consciousness. And they gave him a way to bridge this gap between their unimpeachable evidence and his lack of memory. And so they convinced him that he must have done it. He transitions from this state of denial to, well, it looks like I did it.

When you hear these cases, often the first utterances are things like, I must have done it. It looks like I did it. It appears that I did it. They're not saying, oh yeah, now I remember. They're concluding, they're inferring that they must have done it because after all, you have this evidence.

When you hear these cases, often the first utterances are things like, I must have done it. It looks like I did it. It appears that I did it. They're not saying, oh yeah, now I remember. They're concluding, they're inferring that they must have done it because after all, you have this evidence.

When you hear these cases, often the first utterances are things like, I must have done it. It looks like I did it. It appears that I did it. They're not saying, oh yeah, now I remember. They're concluding, they're inferring that they must have done it because after all, you have this evidence.

And then he transitions from that tentative, hypothetical language of inference into a full-blown, oh my God, I killed my mother. I pulled out a knife and I stabbed her. And that was his confession. He was immediately arrested and he was convicted.

And then he transitions from that tentative, hypothetical language of inference into a full-blown, oh my God, I killed my mother. I pulled out a knife and I stabbed her. And that was his confession. He was immediately arrested and he was convicted.

And then he transitions from that tentative, hypothetical language of inference into a full-blown, oh my God, I killed my mother. I pulled out a knife and I stabbed her. And that was his confession. He was immediately arrested and he was convicted.