Julius Jones is Still at Risk of Execution Despite a Parole Board Twice Suggesting He May Be Innocent

Julius Jones was sentenced to death after the July 28, 1999, murder of Paul Howell. He is scheduled to die November 18 for a murder that he, for decades, maintained he did not commit. A Pardon and Parole Board has recommended twice that Jones’ death sentence be commuted to life with possibility of parole. However,…

Surveillance City: NYPD using public and private cameras to track people using facial recognition technology. Amnesty International

Society fears the risks facial recognition is posing around New York. NYPD is using more 15,000 public and private cameras around the city to track people in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Technology has been known to be biased against women and people of color. This type of bias threatens the right to peaceful protest,…