What Rulings Have Canada's Courts Made in Regards to the Use

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The Answer is Answers will vary but should reference some of the following from the text: Two major cases have set tone for courts' continued refusal to consider polygraph evidence. In R. v. Phillion, defence sought to introduce polygraph results to show suspect was a pathological liar so his confession would be doubted. The polygraph evidence was disallowed and he was convicted and spent 30 years in prison before having his conviction overturned on other grounds. In R. v. Beland appellate court ruled that judge shouldn't have disallowed polygraph evidence in a conspiracy case but the Supreme Court overturned decision, reconfirming that polygraph has no place in criminal trials. Despite this ruling, courts should consider the use of polygraph evidence if it influences a suspect's confession, as in R. v. Oickle. It should be used to rule out deception and coercion in the process if the confession is allowed and it is used to convict.

What Rulings Have Canada's Courts Made in Regards to the Use

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