Flaws of Eyewitness ID Magnified by Facial Recognition Software: Researcher
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
illustration by Kal Omari via Flickr. As courts and cops have turned to facial recognition software to identify criminals, identification by machines is matching eyewitness identification by humans as a criminal-legal tactic. But both crime-fighting tools are flawed, particularly when they are employed together, asserts Valena E. Beety, a law professor at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
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