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-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down110
arrow-up1112arrow-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-square44fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up65·3 months agoOnly by gov’t-licensed necromancers, otherwise there’s a risk of witness tampering.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·3 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-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoI think that’s already a video game.
minus-squareFonzie!@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoWhich game? It doesn’t ring a bell for me
minus-squareSirence@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoMight be ace attorney, mediums channel spirits of the deceased and I think in one of the later games those spirits are also called as witnesses for their murder.
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
Might be ace attorney, mediums channel spirits of the deceased and I think in one of the later games those spirits are also called as witnesses for their murder.