@counselwolf@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 3 months agoIf Necromancy suddenly became possible, can the undead be called as a witness during court proceedings?message-square50fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down111
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareIf Necromancy suddenly became possible, can the undead be called as a witness during court proceedings?@counselwolf@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink69•3 months agoOnly by gov’t-licensed necromancers, otherwise there’s a risk of witness tampering.
minus-squarepartial_accumenlinkfedilink47•3 months ago Only by gov’t-licensed necromancers, otherwise there’s a risk of witness tampering. Somewhere in Tokyo there’s a manga author furiously taking notes on this as the plot line. Three months from now a new manga will hit store shelves: “I got killed and now I’m the key witness at my own murder trial”
minus-square【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】linkfedilink1•3 months agoThat goes to the weight, not the admissibility. Testimony comes in, jury decides if it’s credible.
Only by gov’t-licensed necromancers, otherwise there’s a risk of witness tampering.
Somewhere in Tokyo there’s a manga author furiously taking notes on this as the plot line. Three months from now a new manga will hit store shelves:
“I got killed and now I’m the key witness at my own murder trial”
I think that’s already a video game.
That goes to the weight, not the admissibility.
Testimony comes in, jury decides if it’s credible.