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Myth of Technology as an Equalizing Force in Criminal Justice
Loaded on July 15, 2020
by Anthony Accurso
published in Criminal Legal News
August, 2020, page 29
Filed under:
junk science,
Police State-Surveillance,
Social Media.
Location:
United States of America.
by Anthony Accurso
Since the rise of social media and ever-present cellphones with cameras, the narrative around these developments has been that justice is rapidly democratizing.
While many law enforcement failures and abuses have been exposed by citizens with technology, this trend is not the case for all technology. “Access ...
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