counselwolf@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoIf Necromancy suddenly became possible, can the undead be called as a witness during court proceedings?message-squaremessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down111
arrow-up1120arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up70·10 months agoOnly by gov’t-licensed necromancers, otherwise there’s a risk of witness tampering.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up47·10 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-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·10 months agoI think that’s already a video game.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoWhich game? It doesn’t ring a bell for me
minus-square【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 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.
Which game? It doesn’t ring a bell for me
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That goes to the weight, not the admissibility.
Testimony comes in, jury decides if it’s credible.