In U.S.v.Scheffer,what was the ruling with regard to polygraph evidence?
A)The results were ruled admissible only for the defense.
B)The results were ruled admissible only for the prosecution.
C)The results were ruled inadmissible because of their unreliability.
D)The results were ruled inadmissible because of police misconduct.

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In U.S. v. Scheffer, the Supreme Court ruled that polygraph evidence is inadmissible because of its unreliability, stating that "there is simply no consensus that polygraph evidence is reliable." The Court noted that the use of polygraphs as a lie detector test had not yet gained widespread acceptance in the scientific community, and had a high rate of both false positives and false negatives. Therefore, polygraph evidence was deemed too unreliable to be admissible in court.

In USVScheffer,what Was the Ruling with Regard to Polygraph Evidence