What It Really Feels Like to Be Falsely Accused of a Crime You didn't do it. You know you didn't do it. And yet here you are — staring at a criminal charge, a police report with your name on it, or a text message from someone telling you the police are asking questions. The ground underneath you has [...]
Rite Aid's Reckless Facial Recognition Practices The recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint against Rite Aid provides an alarming case study of a major retailer recklessly deploying facial recognition technology to profile customers. Emma Roth's recent article in The Verge highlighted that Rite Aid secretly used facial recognition systems in hundreds of stores from 2012 to 2020 to identify [...]
Rental Companies Falsely Report Cars Stolen A recent San Francisco Chronicle article highlights an alarming and underreported issue: rental car companies falsely report their cars as stolen when renters still legally drive them. As a major tourist destination, we have seen this occur far too frequently in Miami over the years. Our firm has unfortunately had to represent numerous [...]
Falsely Accused of a Crime in Miami? Being falsely accused of a crime is a nightmare scenario. Your reputation is on the line, your freedom may be at risk, and you're faced with proving your innocence for something you didn't actually do. If you've been wrongly accused of a crime in Miami, it's essential to act quickly and work [...]
How You Can Be Wrongly Detained for Shoplifting Have you ever been stopped in a store and accused of shoplifting when you were completely innocent? This humiliating and infuriating experience happens more often than you may realize. While loss prevention officers have an important job to do in preventing theft, they must follow strict legal guidelines before detaining a customer. [...]
Wrongfully Accused: The Dangers of Facial Recognition Technology Facial recognition technology is a powerful tool that can help law enforcement identify suspects. However, as highlighted in the recent New York Times article "Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match," it also poses serious risks of misidentification and wrongful arrest if not used responsibly. The Story of [...]
Unraveling the Truth: Why Witnesses Lie and How to Recognize the Signs When facing criminal charges, the testimony of witnesses can significantly impact the outcome of your case. As your criminal defense team, it's our responsibility to carefully examine the information provided by witnesses to build the strongest possible defense for you. It's important to understand that witnesses can [...]
Confirmation bias is a natural human tendency that can affect how we process information and make decisions. We all have a cognitive bias toward seeking patterns and organizing information in a way that makes sense to us. When we encounter new information that fits our existing beliefs or expectations, we tend to process it more easily and quickly than [...]
It is natural for people to want to believe that the world is a fair and just place and that people who are accused of crimes are guilty. This may lead people to automatically assume that someone is guilty simply because they have been accused. For example, people may assume that someone is guilty if they have only heard [...]
