Identification
From the abstract: “This Note provides a general review of the current state of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT), including Illinois state regulation and past federal regulation attempts. This Note asserts that even as datasets become more diverse and “fairer,” FRT may still have discriminatory impacts on minority populations, as evidenced by a few highlighted examples…
An appellate court in Washington reversed a trial court’s denial of a young person’s motion to suppress a firearm as a fruit of an unlawful Terry stop. This case involved misidentification by the police officers of three youth of color and the court stated in relevant part: SH-M argues that the trial court erred when…
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the conviction and death sentence in Petitioner Kyle’s case where the state knowingly failed to disclose evidence favorable to the accused before and during trial. The Court reasoned that because the net effect of the evidence withheld by the state “raises a reasonable probability that its disclosure would have produced…
