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University of Auckland law lecturer Alex Allen-Franks is keenly awaiting the outcome of a case that has been before the Supreme Court - where a passenger in a car that was pulled over, had his photo taken by the police, and the picture was then linked to a robbery for which he was charged.
At issue is whether the photograph from an unrelated incident should be permissible in the prosecution of a crime. Dr Allen-Franks who is the Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice, has no involvement with the case, but says it raises interesting issues.
She will be talking next week at the University's annual Raising the Bar about knowing your rights.
