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CDAM - Impact of Facial Recognition Settlement on Criminal Defense


Time: January 17, 2025 - 11am-12:30pm
Location: Zoom

~Free to all Michigan Criminal Defense Attorneys~
CLE Credit Hours - 1.5

Presented by Ramis Wadood, Esq., ACLU and 
Phil Mayor, Esq., ACLU

As a result of a settlement in Williams v. City of Detroit, the Detroit Police Department has made substantial changes to its policies governing facial recognition technology and eyewitness lineups. Those changes will likely affect the work of criminal defense attorneys who are representing individuals arrested by the Detroit Police Department. This session aims to educate defense lawyers on how the settlement might improve their ability to defend those individuals, as well as national trends in the police use of facial recognition.

Take-aways:
  • The specifics of the settlement in Williams v. City of Detroit
  • Newly available Brady/Giglio material as a result of the settlement
  • How facial recognition technology works and is used nationwide by police departments
Additional information and online registration, here.