Stay updated with breaking news from Complex Trial Protocol. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
With recent significant advances in brain implants, MailOnline talks to law professor Burkhard Schafer about how neurotechnologies could influence criminal trials in the future.
The technique could be used to determine if a witness or a suspect recognises crucial pieces of information related to a crime.
Middlesbrough (England), July 1: American Kevin Strickland was exonerated after spending 42 years in prison for being wrongfully convicted of a triple murder in November 2021. His 1978 conviction was based on mistaken identification of an eyewitness. The eyewitness later said that police pressured her into identifying Strickland, and attempted to have her testimony recanted but failed. She died in 2015. Law enforcement agencies worldwide struggle with the unreliability of eyewitness identification and scarcity of physical clues at crime scenes. […]
An expert explains the technology behind a brainwave test that could change the way crimes are investigated.