[DouglasS]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Because he did it voluntarily, he clearly thought he could lie his way through it, why would an “innocent” man need a lawyer with him

Many innocent men go down for crimes they did not commit due to this thinking

Even if you’re innocent you definitely need a lawyer, this train of thought is very dangerous. The justice system is not always correct


Edit: also polygraph tests average around 95% accuracy usually.
1 in 20 is still quite a large proportion of people to be be caught falsely in a lie. Out of 1 million people people that is 20,000 people.. obviously in this case it’s irrelevant because their is clear evidence and a confession, but relying on polygraphs tests alone is not evidence