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Technology series: (Part 1): An excellent beginning for this series: ACLU...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, has become all to real in our modern society - especially in the American criminal justice system; As Lee Rowland puts it:...
View ArticleAlbert and Ashley Debelbot: Georgia: Defense attorneys attack prosecution's...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Lawyers for Albert and Ashley are making distinct arguments in each appeal, but broadly, attorneys argue that neither person got effective assistance from lawyers in 2009 and that...
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Technology Series: (Part 2): Toronto Star columnist Rosie Dimanno explains...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, has become all to real in our modern society - especially in the American criminal justice system; As Lee Rowland puts it:...
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Technology series: (Part 3): Jolting TechRepublic story: 'Amazon AI...
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View ArticleInvoluntary testing of pregnant woman for drugs: ... 'Mandatory Drug Testing...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This story brings to my mind the disastrous now-defunct Motherisk project at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Trusting pregnant women found themselves put through hellish...
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Technology Series (Part 4): Pushback: "Civil Rights Groups Call for Reforms...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, has become all to real in our modern society - especially in the American criminal justice system; As the ACLU's Lee...
View ArticleRadley Balko: Washington Post scribe - one of the most accomplished...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Scientists have to be vigilant about combating unconscious bias by conducting double-blind studies and subjecting their work to peer review and statistical analysis. To gain...
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Technology Series: (Part 5): Ethical artificial intelligence? Slate story, by...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, has become all to real in our modern society - especially in the American criminal justice system; As the ACLU's Lee...
View ArticleSusan Zopatti: (Massachusetts): Compromised Braintree police department's...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Zopatti made cash deposits totalling $29,875, deposits her husband could not explain, according to the attorney general’s office. An initial audit that examined evidence going back...
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Technology Series: (Part 6): Renewal of property tax funding a fingerprint...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, has become all to real in our modern society - especially in the American criminal justice system; As the ACLU's Lee...
View ArticleDrugged Driving Laws: Canada; "Legal haze looms for drivers who use cannabis:...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "While there may be new drugged driving laws on the books — and saliva testing devices heading soon to a police cruiser near you — critics say the legal landscape is still hazy for...
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Technology Series: (Part 7); U.K. Police use of ‘Orwellian’ facial...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, has become all to real in our modern society - especially in the American criminal justice system (and beyond); As the...
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Technology: (Part 8): San Diego author/technologist Seth Hall says...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, has become all to real in our modern society - especially in the American criminal justice system; As the ACLU's Lee...
View ArticleJoe Bryan: Bulletin: "Egregiously wrong bloodsplatter evidence; Hearing...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I adopt the words of the formidable Ohio criminal defence lawyer/blogger Jeff Gamso..."JUST TEST THE FUCKING...
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Technology Series: (Part 9): Engineering prof. Cherri Pancake (Professor...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, has become all to real in our modern society - especially in the American criminal justice system; As the ACLU's Lee...
View ArticleMassachusetts: Unreliable breathalyzer results; District attorneys have...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Support freedom of the press: August 16, 2018. A day set aside by my American counterparts to denounce the onslaught on freedom of the press launched by President Trump and The...
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Technology Series: (Part 10): China's aggressive surveillance technology...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction, has become all to real in our modern society - especially in the American criminal justice system; As the ACLU's Lee...
View ArticleChristopher Dodrill: Virginia; Major Development: 'Shaken Baby...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Dodrill was found guilty of child abuse with serious bodily injury and unlawful assault after a child under his care became injured. He was sentenced to three-to-15 years in...
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Joe Bryan: Texas: Troubling blood splatter case: Up-coming hearing: (August...
Pamela Colloff's email to readers of "Blood Will Tell:"Hi everyone. I hope you're having a good summer. I wanted to quickly touch base with you before next week, when Joe Bryan will be back in court...
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New Mexico: Deceased civil rights Attorney Mary Han: Major Development: A...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Congrats to lawyers Rosario Vega Lynn and Diane Garrity who had to fight so hard so to clear the record on how the prominent civil rights attorney died - in spite of a wall of...
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