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| − | '''Mindwipe''' is a procedure that erases memories from the mind. |
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==Earth Alliance Procedure== |
==Earth Alliance Procedure== |
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| − | While a powerful, trained telepath can perform this procedure, it can also be carried out via artificial means. The [[Earth Alliance]] uses one form of this procedure as a punishment for murder, as the death penalty had been abolished, save for instances of mutiny and/or treason. Prior to the mindwipe, the sentenced person would be scanned by a telepath, so there would be a reference point for a similar scan conducted afterward (to ensure the personality was completely destroyed). Following the wipe, a new, artificial personality (complete with a set of memories) is programed, one geared for "service." Once completed, the "new person" is relocated to a distant place in the Earth Alliance, where they spend the rest of their days performing community service. The process was held to be both a human alternative to the death penalty and a pragmatic solution to overcrowded prisons.<ref name=PTG>[[Passing Through Gethsemane]]</ref><ref name=QM>[[The Quality of Mercy]]</ref> |
+ | While a powerful, trained telepath can perform this procedure, it can also be carried out via artificial means. The [[Earth Alliance]] uses one form of this procedure as a punishment for murder, as the death penalty had been abolished, save for instances of mutiny and/or treason. Prior to the mindwipe, the sentenced person would be scanned by a telepath, so there would be a reference point for a similar scan conducted afterward (to ensure the personality was completely destroyed). The Telepath wears a black ribbon over their Psi-Corps badge, noting to others that he/she is performing the scan. according toTalia Winters, the scan is? horrible and very damaging.? ? Following the wipe, a new, artificial personality (complete with a set of memories) is programed, one geared for "service." Once completed, the "new person" is relocated to a distant place in the Earth Alliance, where they spend the rest of their days performing community service. The process was held to be both a human alternative to the death penalty and a pragmatic solution to overcrowded prisons.<ref name=PTG>[[Passing Through Gethsemane]]</ref><ref name=QM>[[The Quality of Mercy]]</ref> |
* [[Brother Edward]] was such a person subject to a mindwipe, as his previous personality the [[Black Rose Killer]]. <ref name=PTG>[[Passing Through Gethsemane]]</ref> |
* [[Brother Edward]] was such a person subject to a mindwipe, as his previous personality the [[Black Rose Killer]]. <ref name=PTG>[[Passing Through Gethsemane]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:01, 25 November 2012
Mindwipe is a procedure that erases memories from the mind.
Earth Alliance Procedure
While a powerful, trained telepath can perform this procedure, it can also be carried out via artificial means. The Earth Alliance uses one form of this procedure as a punishment for murder, as the death penalty had been abolished, save for instances of mutiny and/or treason. Prior to the mindwipe, the sentenced person would be scanned by a telepath, so there would be a reference point for a similar scan conducted afterward (to ensure the personality was completely destroyed). The Telepath wears a black ribbon over their Psi-Corps badge, noting to others that he/she is performing the scan. according toTalia Winters, the scan is? horrible and very damaging.? ? Following the wipe, a new, artificial personality (complete with a set of memories) is programed, one geared for "service." Once completed, the "new person" is relocated to a distant place in the Earth Alliance, where they spend the rest of their days performing community service. The process was held to be both a human alternative to the death penalty and a pragmatic solution to overcrowded prisons.[1][2]
- Brother Edward was such a person subject to a mindwipe, as his previous personality the Black Rose Killer. [1]
- The man who ultimately becomes Brother Malcolm also received a mindwipe for murdering Brother Edward.
- Lester James Monroe was sentenced to receiving a mindwipe following a seven person killing spree in New Vegas.[1]
- Karl Mueller was sentenced to be mindwiped, but escaped from custody and was subsequently killed before it could be carried out.[2]
Notes
- It is unclear how frequently the mindwipe was used for murderers. Of the four confirmed sentences, three were unrepentant serial killers (each convicted of killing a minimum of three people) while the third murdered a man who had been himself mindwiped. In the case of the latter, public policy may have been the deciding factor in implementing the mindwipe.
- It is also unknown if any other races practiced this form of punishment, though it is clear the Minbari did not.
Other Instances
The Na'ka'leen Feeder is also a creature that can either wipe the memories from people, or in the alternative kill by stopping all function in the brain. [3]