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      "date": "1998-04-13",
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      "title": "Ban on Use of Polygraph Evidence Does Not Amount to Abridgement of Military Defendant's Right to Present a Defense",
      "summary": "Military Rule of Evidence 707 excludes polygraph evidence in military trials. The Supreme\nCourt\non March 31,1998, upheld the ban, holding that it did not violate the Sixth Amendment rights of\ndefendants. The Court also said that the military ban on the use of such evidence \"...does not\nunconstitutionally abridge the right to present a defense.\"",
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