Automated facial recognition tech led to a Black father being wrongfully imprisoned for months.
Action News Jax reports that Jalil Richardson of Charlotte, NC, and father of 10, spent nearly three months behind bars for a car theft investigation that occurred in a Florida Publix parking lot. The case opened April 2, 2025, after an individual told the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office that they had purchased a stolen car from a man and claimed they did not know it had been stolen.
Richardson was matched to the crime by investigators who used automated facial recognition tech. They compared surveillance footage from the case to a photo of Richardson. The victim in the case also said Richardson was the suspect when presented with a lineup of photos, per Action News Jax…