Facial recognition mistake leads to wrong man being arrested and thrown in jail for SIX days - despite never visiting Louisiana where purse snatch was committed and 40lb weight difference with real criminal

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But 6 days for purse snatching seems a little severe even in a red state unless the person they thought he was was suspected of other more serious crimes.

Yeah seems unlikely on its own. Maybe previous convictions, or parole? The other possibility, being a red state, is if he can't pay bail, and the courts are backed up, it's not unheard of that people sit there for a while. This is one of the issues that prompted the left states to do away with bail even for major violent offenses, which is now backfiring