A psicografia como prova no processo penal: análise através da doutrina espírita

Abstract

The objective of this work is to verify the possibility of using psychography, a phenomenon analyzed from the perspective of the Spiritist Doctrine, as a means of evidence in criminal proceedings in the Brazilian judicial system. To this end, the origin and characteristics of the Spiritist Doctrine are analyzed, highlighting its scientific aspect, in addition to the definitions of what mediumship and psychography would be for spiritism. In addition, the theory of criminal evidence and its principles are examined, with the aim of investigating the possible classification of the psychographed letter as documentary, atypical and lawful evidence. Finally, the aim is to investigate the legal cases in which psychography was mentioned as evidence, examining the criteria used by jurists and the principle of secularism, considering that admitting psychography as evidence, as a spiritist phenomenon, is to contradict other religious beliefs, since it admits the existence of life after death.