(Another six states have no forensic hypnosis case law, leaving its legal status there highly ambiguous.) Photograph: FacebookMany practitioners of forensic hypnosis know that it can create false memories, but it is a risk they willingly take. But if memory itself is unreliable, defenders of forensic hypnosis argue, then logically you have a choice: you can either keep forensic hypnosis, or throw out witness statements altogether. But the push to end forensic hypnosis has been part of a broader movement against the use of junk science to convict people. But banning forensic hypnosis opens up bigger questions than those posed by the end of some other forensic techniques.

Source: The Guardian October 04, 2019 04:52 UTC