![handle is hein.journals/dephcl25 and id is 1 raw text is: NEUROSCIENCE AND THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM:
A HUMANITARIAN APPLICATION FRAMEWORK
Dorothy Hayes*
Advancements in neuroscience call our intuitive notion of
free will into question and by implication, invite a reassessment of
the United States criminal legal system and its reliance on radical
personal agency. In the backdrop of the evolving landscape of
neuroscience and neurolaw is an inquiry: how do we appropriately
and ethically incorporate advancements of these fields into law and
policy? This paper pulls that question to the forefront, advocating
for a humanitarian-forward framework to guide the process. The
framework emphasizes the Daubert standard, addresses the G2i
problem, and includes a balancing test to ensure the protection of
neurorights. The paper also provides an overview of the influence
of belief in free will, personal agency, and neurolaw on the U.S.
criminal legal system.
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................3
I. NEUROSCIENCE AND THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
T O D A Y .........................................................................................................................7
A. THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM: RADICAL PERSONALAGENCYAND
M ASS INCARCERATION....................................................................7
B. NEUROSCIENCE AND THE QUESTION OF FREE WILL ....................9
C. NEUROSCIENCE APPLICATION TO CRIMINAL LAW TODAY....1...... ]
II. RETRIBUTION AND THE WEAPONIZATION OF
NEUROSCIENCE: REASONS FOR CHANGE..............................17
A. INEFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT SYSTEM - MASS INCARCERATION
AND RECIDIVISM ...........................................................................1 7
B. INEFFECTIVEN ESS - G2I PROBLEM FOR NEUROSCIENCE.............19
C. THE INEVITABILITY OF NEUROLAW AND THE NEED FOR A
HUMANITARIAN APPROACH....................................................... 21
* Law and Public Policy Scholar. J.D. Candidate 2023, Temple University
Beasley School of Law.
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