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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?"

3 of 453 comments (clear)

  1. No, *I* am Spartacus! by ds_job · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And I defy your scanner to prove otherwise.

  2. BEOS? Apple in the courtroom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    From the summary: "...using BEOS to find a woman guilty of killing her former fiancé"
    Didn't Apple incorporate BEOS into OS X?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beos

  3. Re:Interesting by MrMr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow, You are now outsourcing the presidency to India?
    Can't say I blame you, could hardly be worse.