In an age of facial recognition, fingerprinting, and iris scanning, it’s easier than ever to know who is who. Famous cases of mistaken identity, like the 1903 case of Will and William West, two unrelated men whose identical measurements nearly got both of them life sentences, are becoming fewer and farther between. However, these steady…
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The Fed Submit Mugshot (Add-On) and Facial Recognition System
Facial recognition software has undeniably changed the “face” of law enforcement, reshaping the way we think about biometrics’ place in our world and revolutionizing the identification process both in and out of the criminal system. Just as fingerprinting revolutionized law enforcement, facial recognition is poised to do that same, and many states have already…