Facial Recognition Error Jails Innocent Grandmother For Months

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By BeauHDMar 13, 2026, 11:00 am176 pts
Mr. Dollar Ton shares a report from the Guardian: Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been…

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