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Indian Woman Convicted of Murder By Brain Scan

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Makes as much sense... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Makes as much sense as taxing our way to prosperity does.

  2. Her name is Aditi Sharma by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who the hell is this Champadi Raman Mukundan? Sounds like a retarded cowfucker.

  3. Re:The developed world has similar attitudes by DarkIye · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "A Canberra court has heard an O'Connor man who has been charged with downloading child pornography from the internet finds young children sexually attractive."

    So he must have done it!

    Sounds sensible.

    Presumably he'll get a longer sentence as a result of admitting that he's attracted to children.

    Cool. They do that?

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  4. Re:The developed world has similar attitudes by DarkIye · · Score: 0, Flamebait

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

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