AI misidentification results in wrongful arrest; man seeks justice

LPisGood

This is horrifying. The prosecutor who sought an extradition based on an 85% accurate AI model should be disbarred.

AndrewKemendo

I sent this to my lawyer friends who like to help so hopefully we can get some restitution for him These clowns need to be taken for all the money they can

insane_dreamer

Maddening. This will happen more often in many domains, and it raises the general question of liability. Should it be the AI company that created the model? The company that build the face recognition software using the model? The police department that decided to use the face recognition software? I would assume the police department is the one legally liable, though they may turn around and sue the software company, and I guess the question is whether they can sue the frontier model company.

momentmaker

It sounds like a plot for this movie: Mercy [0] [0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31050594/

NDlurker

This is exactly like that case from Fargo earlier this year. We got a new police chief after this, but she still hasn't been compensated and nobody got in trouble for it. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/18/fargo-polices-use-o...

inopinatus

origin is geoblocking. https://archive.is/DtYSf

lordleft

I sincerely hope this man get seek redress for this disgusting miscarriage of justice.

daohieu91

85% accurate is doing a lot of hiding LOL. Searching a multi-million-face gallery and even high per-comparison accuray turns into mostly false positive. THese systems are only ever defensible as an investigative lead, neve as probable cause.

giantg2

This isn't just AI misidentification. This is also an eye witness picking him out of a lineup. This is really AI extending the reach of the already sketchy eye witness practice.

SpicyLemonZest

> Richardson’s attorney showed time sheets proving he was at work 400 miles away from Florida when the stolen car was sold. Richardson said he has never been to Florida, and his attorney tried to present this evidence for months. I continue to not understand why anyone finds it tolerable for the justice system to move so slowly. I don't want to make excuses for AI identification, but no identification process is perfect, it should not be possible that it takes months to clear up.

dqv

> He stated he was held in the Mecklenburg County Jail for one month. > While he was incarcerated, Richardson lost his job and his home. He also said he lost custody of two of his children. Alright. Time to ban AI in policing. It can't be used responsibly, so it can't be used at all.

pants2

At first I thought this was a re-post of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449513 , but no, it seems this is becoming a trend. Especially the "jailed for one month with no evidence" thing. Well, except for a lineup, which I've learned is about as legit as a lie-detector test, field sobriety test, or a drug-sniffing dog; tenuous at best and very easy to get a false positive.