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Detroit cops employed facial recognition algos that only misidentifies suspects 96 per cent of the time

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Reasonable doubt

This system is a defense lawyers dream. I can see it now in defense cross-examination of a police witness.

Defense "So was the Facial Recognition used to identify my Client?"

Police Witness "Yes"

Defense "That's the system that 96% of the time identifies the wrong person?"

Defense "No need to answer that it is a public record that 96% of the time it is wrong."

Defense "So there is a 96% chance my client is not the perpetrator of the crime?"

Way to introduce doubt in the minds of the jury.

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