NYPD deploys iris ID tech
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has begun photographing prisoner's irises and then using hand held scanners to determine their identities as a way to prevent escapes as suspects move through the court system, reports NYConvergence.
The programme began after two embarrassing episodes this year when 'prisoners arrested for serious charges tricked authorities into freeing them' by posing at arraignment as suspects facing minor charges, The New York Times said.
The iris identification effort caught many in the city's legal circles by surprise and some civil libertarians and privacy advocates say authorities cataloguing the new data could put innocent people under permanent suspicion. Some question the legality of collecting iris photos without legislation to authorise it.
Court installs case management software
Cherokee County's court system has implemented more technological updates to further increase efficiency, says Cherokee Tribune.
The county's magistrate court recently went live with a brand new case management system. Patty Baker, clerk of courts for the county, said the new system uses a state-of-the-art computer software program.
In the next couple of months, she hopes to have the new system expanded to the superior and state courts. "Any report that any of the judges want, they can get," she said of the new system, adding the old system is limited in that capacity.
Vodafone ordered to pay $554m
Vodafone Group was ordered by an Indian court to put up a deposit of 25 billion rupees ($554 million) while it challenges an Indian tax bill, reveals Daily Finance.
Vodafone, the world's largest mobile-phone company, has to set aside 25 billion rupees with the court within three weeks and submit bank guarantees for 85 billion rupees within eight weeks.
Indian authorities are seeking 112 billion rupees of tax on Vodafone's purchase of Hutchison Whampoa's local mobile phone unit three years ago.
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