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Since We Reported on Flawed Roadside Drug Tests, Five More Convictions Have Been Overturned

July 1, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Since We Reported on Flawed Roadside Drug Tests, Five More Convictions Have Been OverturnedRead More

Face Masks In Courtrooms Could Lessen False Assumptions About Credibility, Researcher Finds

July 1, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Face Masks In Courtrooms Could Lessen False Assumptions About Credibility, Researcher FindsRead More

OC Sheriff Officials Allegedly Broke Chain of Custody with Half of Their Golden State Killer Evidence

June 27, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

OC Sheriff Officials Allegedly Broke Chain of Custody with Half of Their Golden State Killer EvidenceRead More

A DNA Mix-Up Involving a Washing Machine Kept a Man in Jail for 3 Years

June 26, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

A DNA Mix-Up Involving a Washing Machine Kept a Man in Jail for 3 YearsRead More

An Algorithm That ‘Predicts’ Criminality Based on a Face Sparks a Furor

June 24, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

An Algorithm That ‘Predicts’ Criminality Based on a Face Sparks a FurorRead More

Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm

June 24, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Wrongfully Accused by an AlgorithmRead More

Pollen Expert Nominated for Crime-solving Prowess

June 24, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Pollen Expert Nominated for Crime-solving ProwessRead More

How Congress passed a farm bill and left Maryland police labs unable to test for marijuana

June 24, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

How Congress passed a farm bill and left Maryland police labs unable to test for marijuanaRead More

Over 1,000 AI Experts Condemn Racist Algorithms That Claim to Predict Crime

June 23, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Over 1,000 AI Experts Condemn Racist Algorithms That Claim to Predict CrimeRead More

Tech Companies Are Limiting Police Use of Facial Recognition. Here’s Why

June 23, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Tech Companies Are Limiting Police Use of Facial Recognition. Here’s WhyRead More

Jury was misled about DNA before finding Xie guilty of murder, court told

June 22, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Jury was misled about DNA before finding Xie guilty of murder, court toldRead More

Google employees are demanding the company stop selling software to police

June 22, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Google employees are demanding the company stop selling software to policeRead More

When memory and justice fail us

June 20, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

When memory and justice fail usRead More

Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings

June 19, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killingsRead More

Death penalty case: Jury finds San Jose man not guilty in 2016 child killing

June 19, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Death penalty case: Jury finds San Jose man not guilty in 2016 child killingRead More