Can Our Brains Be Used Against Us in a Court of Law?
Neuroscience in the courtroom could jeopardize our privacy and civil rights
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5 min readApr 22, 2020
In 2010, an escaped convict named John McCluskey killed an older couple while stealing their camping trailer. Despite the horrific nature of the crime, the jury rejected a death penalty sentence based on a brain scan that revealed damage to…
