Cops used dead man’s finger in attempt to access his phone

Re:Cops used dead man’s finger in attempt to access his phone by pmoriarty on Saturday April 21, 2018 @09:45PM (#16894325)

"Death ceremonies are performed for the living."

There are all sorts of other beliefs about death out there.

Quite a lot of people believe in the afterlife, that the dead can observe what the living do, and be pleased or upset by it.

Some believe that specific burial rites must be performed in order for the soul of the deceased to rest or go to an afterlife or to not bother the living, and that the body must be intact for this to happen.

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Re:Cops used dead man’s finger in attempt to access his phone by lsh on Saturday April 21, 2018 @10:13PM (#16894374)

Absolutely. I keep the Tibetan 'sky burial' in mind often these days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial

and some videos if you're not squeemish: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sky+burial

But ultimately these are beliefs that are held by living people, shaped by culture and time.

> and that the body must be intact for this to happen.

again, the corpse wasn't desecrated or cut up. It's fingerprint was used to access a phone in an attempt to solve a crime affecting living people.

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