The former prosecutor who handled the Central Park Five case led the Manhattan Sex Crimes Unit for over 25 years. New York City officials are calling for a thorough review of the cases she prosecuted, but the current Manhattan District Attorney is declining to do so. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, in response to a…… More

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are teaching robots to “see” what an object looks like just by touching it and predict what something will feel like by looking at it. A team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have created a predictive artificial intelligence to help robots use multi-modal sensory…… More

Within the Nxivm community, group founder Keith Raniere was viewed as a humanitarian and a mentor. “But you saw him for what he was — a con man, a predator, a crime boss,” prosecutor Moira Penza told jurors Monday. Closing arguments in Raniere’s racketeering trial have begun and prosecutors drilled home their claims that the…… More

A philanthropy affiliated with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, said it is offering support to an Arizona family after a confrontation with police in Phoenix last month following an alleged shoplifting incident. Team Roc spokesman Didier Morais said Sunday that the group has offered legal and emotional backing to the family. Officers were “caught on video using…… More

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