Brain Scan Dismissed by Brooklyn Judge as Court Evidence
But another case that would submit fMRI scans to the legal test is coming up in Tennessee Caution has prevailed in a Brooklyn judge's ruling that refused to admit brain scan evidence in an employer-retaliation case. But advocates of using brain scans as high-tech lie detectors will get another shot in an upcoming federal case in Tennessee, Wired reports. The brain scans of a witness did not even undergo the typical hearing that determines admissible scientific evidence in New York state court. Instead, the judge agreed with the defense attorney that human juries, not fMRI machines, have the duty to determine if they think a witness is telling the truth. Related ArticlesBrooklyn Lawyer to Enter Brain Scan as Court Evidence for Client's VeracityWill Brain-Scanning Lie Detectors Free the Innocent or Jail Them?The Quest to Read the Human MindTagsScience, Jeremy Hsu, brain scans, brains, court cases, courts, fmri, frye standard, law, legal cases, lie...