"Yet it's been used by police around the country to elicit confessions and convictions, according to ABC." Well, getting somebody to confess by lying to them i

"Yet it's been used by police around the country to elicit confessions and convictions, according to ABC." Well, getting somebody to confess by lying to them is legitimate in the US. In this case, the police tell you you're hooked up to an accurate lie detector, and the accused decides to tell (what the court will accept as) the truth. This seems reasonable.