Peregrine Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Re: World without Menton That sounds like it walks all over the 5th Amendment and self-incrimination. Well, this was the GURPS IST setting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaphysician Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Re: World without Menton I can see the legal arguments, though. I mean, if some judge could honestly believe IR viewing inside a house was the equivalent to tossing someone's trash. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Re: World without Menton Just to resolve the issue, at least in my game, a mentalist from the world's most powerful NPC super team went into the Awakened's head, with thier permision, and vouched as an expert witness that they had been mentally tampered with. And yes, another telepath, this one government sponsored, confirmed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Re: World without Menton Just to resolve the issue' date=' at least in my game, a mentalist from the world's most powerful NPC super team went into the Awakened's head, with thier permision, and vouched as an expert witness that they had been mentally tampered with. And yes, another telepath, this one government sponsored, confirmed it.[/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Schultz Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Re: World without Menton The "3 Telepath" rule in GURPS IST is something a witness volunteers for in order to confirm their testimony. Thus, the right to self-incrimination has already been waived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Schultz Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Re: World without Menton Which' date=' to me, is something I can't honestly believe would happen in a world where mind control is [i']known [/i]to be real. Even if it wasn't on the books, the juries would have a hard time just throwing it out the window. It might be considered an "active" defense - ie, something the defense has to actively show, rather than merely suggest and force the prosecution to disprove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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