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The Brain Defense: Murder in Manhattan and the Dawn of Neuroscience in America's Courtrooms
Murder in Manhattan and the Dawn of Neuroscience in America’s Courtrooms
Book • 2017
Journalist Kevin Davis recounts the 1991 Herbert Weinstein murder case in Manhattan, where an MRI revealed a large cyst on Weinstein's frontal lobe, leading to the first U.S.
courtroom use of brain scans to argue diminished responsibility.
The book delves into the broader implications of neuroscience in law, covering historical cases like Phineas Gage and Charles Whitman, and modern issues like brain damage in athletes and veterans.
It examines how brain abnormalities challenge concepts of free will, guilt, and punishment in America's courtrooms.
courtroom use of brain scans to argue diminished responsibility.
The book delves into the broader implications of neuroscience in law, covering historical cases like Phineas Gage and Charles Whitman, and modern issues like brain damage in athletes and veterans.
It examines how brain abnormalities challenge concepts of free will, guilt, and punishment in America's courtrooms.
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Recommended by the host as further reading on the Weinstein case and the brain-defense legal history.
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