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Should people be punished for crimes they can’t remember committing? (iai.tv)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could commit a crime then claim not to remember. How could it be proven otherwise? If the science exists to know for a fact that you don't remember a specific event then the science likely exists to also wipe that event from your memory. You could commit a crime then deliberately wipe your memory of it to escape punishment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe in extreme cases where someone has a traumatic injury after the crime it could work. On the flip side we right now has police interrogations where they convinced someone that the did commit a crime. Shouldn’t the people who don’t remember get the same amount of leniency as those who are convinced they did commit a crime? Personally I am not sure what I believe would be the best answer but there are always cases the will lie on the line or in a gray area.