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The Frye Test and the Lie Detector: When Science Is Put to the Test

Miss Ruby Wilde and Miss Mei Day

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In 1920, Dr. Robert Wade Brown was shot and killed inside his Washington, D.C. home. Nearly a year later, James Frye confessed—but later claimed his confession was false and that he had acted in self-defense.

His attorneys turned to psychologist William Moulton Marston, who tested Frye with an early lie detector and concluded he was telling the truth.

The court refused to hear the results.

That case would go on to establish the Frye Test, changing how scientific evidence is considered in American courts.

Further, what does any of this have to do with Wonder Woman?

🎙️ Hear the full story in this week’s episode.

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