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Wrongfully Imprisoned by Facial Recognition | Mesa News
A man spent nearly a year in prison for a 1998 murder—only to be exonerated when DNA and fingerprints proved his innocence. His lawsuit accuses Phoenix police and prosecutors of false arrest, negligence, and ignoring a decade-old lead: Puerto Rican cops had detained a man with the same birthdate and SSN as the suspect in 2007, even requesting his photo and prints—information Phoenix ignored. Police also knew his fingerprints didn’t match the crime scene as early as 2011, when they obtained them during his arrest in San Diego. The case exposes the peril of relying on facial recognition without…
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