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.
The company has been courting deals with carmakers such as Toyota Motors, Ford, and General Motors to develop autonomous vehicles to transport its customers. This morning, Uber has announced that it is set to spend $500 million to map the roads of the world to prepare for its self-driving fleet.