• eleijeep@piefed.social
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    18 days ago

    Judge Carolyn Kuhl, who is presiding over the trial, ordered anyone in the courtroom wearing AI glasses to immediately remove them, noting that any use of facial recognition technology to identify the jurors was banned.

    “This is very serious,” she said.

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      18 days ago

      Each and every individual should have been arrested then and there. Imagine walking into a major criminal trial with a film camera on your shoulder.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      18 days ago

      Isn’t it usual procedure that everyone else enters the courtroom and takes their places before the judge walks in? So the team would have had ample opportunity to film, record and facially-recognize the jury before Judge Kuhl made them take off the spyglasses.

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        17 days ago

        The judge controls when the jury is in the room. So the jury enters last, only after the judge orders them in. And the judge can order them out at any time to have discussions outside their presence, too.