In 2018, John Rael, a volunteer track coach in Taos, N.M., was on trial on charges he raped a 14-year-old girl when his lawyer made an unusual request. He wanted the judge to admit evidence from EyeDetect, a lie-detection test based on eye movements that Rael had passed.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
A Utah company says it revolutionized truth-telling technology. Experts are highly skeptical.
Is the ocular product EyeDetect a leap ahead of the polygraph? Or just the same dubiousness in a more high-tech box?
Updated November 15, 2021 at 5:41 p.m. EST|Published November 15, 2021 at 3:16 p.m. EST