As the authors of the study observed: âDeath sentences represent less than one-tenth of 1% of prison sentences in the United States, but they accounted for about 12% of known exonerations of innocent defendants.â
Uber Technologies Inc. is an American multinational online transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It develops, markets and operates the Uber mobile app, which allows consumers with smartphones to submit a trip request which is then routed to Uber drivers who use their own cars. As of August 2016, the service was available in over 66 countries and 507 cities worldwide.
Uber is telling the Taxi and Limousine Commission to stick to regulating cabs, not technology. Lawyers for the on-demand taxi app company accuse the TLC of overstepping its authority with a package of rules that would strengthen the agencyâs oversight over Uber and other for-hire vehicle companies.