What an arraignment is, and what happens next
An arraignment is the first court hearing where a defendant hears the formal charges and enters a plea, and in most cases it is over in minutes.
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How accurate police facial recognition is, according to the federal tests
Federal testing finds leading facial recognition algorithms identify reference photos with near-perfect rates, but error rates rise sharply in the real-world conditions — and demographic groups — that police work involves.
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The FBI's 2023 crime statistics show violent crime down about 3 percent from 2022, with murder down sharply — but the numbers depend on how many agencies actually reported.
Asha VenkataswamyHow accurate is police facial recognition, according to the studies
Federal testing finds error rates that swing from under 1 percent to double digits depending on the algorithm and the face — a gap the technology's own overseers are still working to manage.
James WellingtonThe briefing
What changed, what the primary record says, and what remains uncertain.
How accurate is facial recognition software, according to the studies
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Aarya KapoorCrime
How accurate is fingerprint matching, according to the studies
A 2011 double-blind test of more than 169 examiners put numbers on a method courts had relied on for a century — and the numbers cut both ways.
Malik JohnsonLegal
What an arraignment is, and what happens next
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How chain of custody works, and what happens when it breaks
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How accurate is facial recognition software, according to the studies
Federal testing finds top facial-recognition algorithms highly accurate on balanced photo sets, and far less reliable across race, age, and sex — a gap behind a string of real wrongful arrests.
Isabel DuarteTools
How accurate police facial recognition is, according to the federal tests
James WellingtonHow accurate is police facial recognition, according to the studies
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What bail is, and how a judge decides whether to set it
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FBI reports violent crime fell 3 percent in 2023; what the data can and cannot say
The FBI's 2023 crime statistics show violent crime down about 3 percent from 2022, with murder down sharply — but the numbers depend on how many agencies actually reported.
Asha VenkataswamyWhat a federal detention hearing is, and how judges decide
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