![]() ![]() ![]() Sylvester's court order does not specify what drugs could be used on Holmes, but it would likely be a drug like sodium amytal or sodium pentothal.Ī judge entered a standard not guilty plea on Holmes' behalf on Tuesday. The idea behind this nearly century old tool is not that it forces people to tell the truth, but that it lowers their inhibitions and presumably makes them more inclined to talk.Įxperts take issue with the technique, but acknowledge the "seductive" nature of the idea behind it. "The last time I had read that term being used as if the practice had any validity was decades ago," said Alison Winter, a professor of history of science and medicine at the University of Chicago who has done extensive research on "truth serum."
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