Sobre la valoración judicial de las neuroimágenesa propósito de la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo Español 814/2020, de 5 de mayo
- 1 Doctor en Derecho. Investigador postdoctoral Margarita Salas. Universitat de Barcelona – Universitat de Girona
ISSN: 0716-0747, 0718-3437
Ano de publicación: 2022
Volume: 49
Número: 3
Páxinas: 193-219
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Revista chilena de derecho
Resumo
The Spanish Supreme Court, in its Ruling 814/2020 of 5 May, deals, for the first time, with the judicial assessment of neuroimaging in the context of criminal proceed-ings. In this judgement, these are described as “accurate” and “indisputable”, regarding the de-termination of the volitional and cognitive capacity of the defendant. In this paper, a critical analysis of the judicial assessment is formulated, examining (i) where it emerges from, (ii) its incompatibility with the free evaluation of evidence and (iii) mismatch with the current state of neuroscience. It is concluded that the interpretation given to neuroimaging in this judg-ment must be amended in the future, as it does not converge with scientific or legal reality.