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In America, when you're charged with a crime, you're afforded the right to face your accuser. But what happens when your accuser isn't human?
In 2022, over five days in Akron, Ohio, jurors in the murder trial of a 19-year-old named Adarus Black heard from 17 witnesses, none of whom could place Black at the scene of the drive-by shooting that killed Na'Kia Crawford. They viewed surveillance footage, none of which showed Black in the car from which the bullet was fired. They were told the police had tried and failed to find Black's DNA in the car.