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Wrongful convictions

The issue of wrongful convictions due to misidentification, particularly in the context of facial recognition technology.

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Jan 29, 2026
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How reliable are facial-recognition match percentages reported by news outlets, and how have they been used in high-profile cases?

“match percentages” quoted in headlines are a shorthand for complex statistical tests—not a forensic certainty—and their real-world reliability depends on the metric used, the database size, image qua...

Jan 14, 2026

How do major outlets distinguish between leaked testimony and independently verified evidence in high-profile abuse allegations?

Major news organizations treat leaked testimony as an allegation that requires corroboration before being presented as established fact, and they use the same categories of verification that forensic ...