Why a Juror With a Transcript of a Trial Could Be Better at Trying Out Who to Believe

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Frenzic psychologist andy morgan says people are terrible at figuring out who to believe. He suggests that a juror with a transcript of the trial might actually do a better job than an interrogation expert. And just in case you were curious, during his interview with us, he used more than 72 hundred words,. The show is produced by laurence bore, eric mennell and me. I'm phoebe judge, and this is criminal!

For nearly a century we've been trying to read someone's truthfulness by the way they act. Be it through machines, or our own intuition. The police have tried. The FBI has tried. The CIA has tried. But the fact is… most of their efforts just don't work.

Are we doomed to ignorance? Maybe not.

We talked to forensic psychologist Andy Morgan about the difficult truth regarding the industry around lying.

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