Is police use of facial recognition technology an invasion of privacy? Dennis Romboy © Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Then-U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman announces a grand jury indictment return charging Warren Jeffs with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in 2007 in Salt Lake City. On Tuesday, Tolman told Congress there is a lack of transparency, accountability and information about police use of facial recognition technology.
Congress is wrestling with how to govern police use of facial recognition technology as software to scan databases or find people in crowds becomes more prevalent among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies across the country.
An independent Conviction Integrity Unit will explore potential wrongful guilty verdicts in Utah County
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Former U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman argues with Biden placing Merrick Garland as attorney general, saying it allows Democrats an opportunity to have someone far-left be chosen to SCOTUS.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a chance to review the scope of a legal defense called qualified immunity that increasingly has been used to shield police accused of excessive force, turning away an appeal by a Cleveland man who sued after being roughed up by police while trying to enter his own home.
The justices declined to hear the appeal by Shase Howse, who said he was slammed to the ground outside the house where he lived with his mother in a poor and mostly Black neighborhood, struck in the back of the neck and jailed after police deemed his actions suspicious. Howse, who was 20 at the time, is Black. The police involved in the 2016 incident are white.
On his last full day in office, President Donald Trump issued nearly 150 pardons, including former chief strategist Steve Bannon, rap stars, former members of Congress and more. One man from Utah was on the list. Lynn Barney was previously sentenced to 35 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, after previously being convicted for distributing a small amount of marijuana, according to a statement from the White House..
Pardon from Trump lifts âthe scarlet letterâ from Utah man
Pardon from Trump lifts âthe scarlet letterâ from Utah man
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SALT LAKE CITY â In his final hours in the White House, President Donald Trump issued
Trump gave a pardon to Lynn W. Barney, 41, of Enoch. Barney, though, didnât have time to talk about it Wednesday.
He was at his job in the construction industry. Barneyâs wife, Sarah Barney, spread the news to friends and family.
âWe live in America,â Sarah Barney told FOX 13. âPeople make mistakes all the time. His just happened to get them in trouble with the law.â
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