Indian Woman Convicted of Murder By Brain Scan

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 15, 2008 @12:57AM from the 1984-came-a-few-years-late dept.

Kaseijin writes "Neuroscientist Champadi Raman Mukundan claims his Brain Electrical Oscillations Signature test is so accurate, it can tell whether a person committed or only witnessed an act. In June, an Indian judge agreed, using BEOS to find a woman guilty of killing her former fiancé. Scientific experts are calling the decision 'ridiculous' and 'unconscionable,' protesting that Mukundan's work has not even been peer reviewed. How reliable should a test have to be, when eyewitnesses are notoriously fallible? Does a person have a right to privacy over their own memories, or should society's interest in holding criminals accountable come first?"

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Re:The developed world has similar attitudes by DarkIye · 2008-09-15 02:13 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Oh, wow. Just checked out your homepage, and you're a huge paedophile. Good luck with that.

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