Suspect Acquitted Using Clear Facial Recognition Technology

September 21, 2022 By Alberto Mesti

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ClearView AL, the face recognition company CEO, calls the move “balances the scales of justice” and gives access to its technology to the defense attorney in a case of vehicular homicide. It helped the defendant, who was innocent and was saved from going to prison. The ClearView clients were limited to police and law enforcement agencies, but the firm agreed to let the lawyers go through their database of images from the web. They took this step to help the Florida man Andrew Grantt Conlyn to prove his innocence in the 2017 Fort Myers car crash. Clear Facial Recognition Technology

Prosecutors claimed that Conlyn was driving the Ford Mustang that rammed into trees and a light post and killed his friend, who was his co-passenger. The camera footage of the scene showed a man in an orange vest who pulled Conlyn from the car and insisted that he was a passenger in the vehicle and his friend was driving. Conlyn’s legal team tried finding that man but was futile, and in June 2022, they contacted Hoan Ton-That, Clearview chief, for facial recognition. The director agreed to this only if he could publicize the finding if it worked. New York Times stated, “Using Clearview’s facial recognition, Conlyn’s team found matches for the body cam footage within two seconds. It took just a few phone calls to locate the mysterious vest man. Vincent Ramirez had moved to northern Florida—but he remembered pulling Andrew Grantt Conlyn out of the passenger seat. Within hours of Ramirez’s deposition to the court, charges against Conlyn were dropped. Justice, it seemed, was served.” Clear Facial Recognition Technology

Biometric and AI observers doubt Clearview’s motivations. However, the CEO has tried to show the company’s virtue even though it is banned in several countries and is blamed for its ties with the military and police. Jumana Musa, a surveillance expert for the National Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers, while speaking to the Times, stated, “Conlyn’s case is not going to wipe away the ethical concerns about how (Clearview) went about building this tool.” Clear Facial Recognition Technology

JusticeClearview, a tool for law enforcement, is the new Clearview service offered to public defenders. The company states that the new service is “victim-centric, bias-free, and ensures criminal defense teams are equipped with the same information as the prosecution.”

By Alberto Mesti

Introvert. Eccentric at times. A fashion enthusiast, designer and writer. Lives for the drama, hates being at the centre of it. Can be best described as \'wannabe modern day Lady Whistledown\'.

Suspect Acquitted Using Clear Facial Recognition Technology

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