> Whether it's AI that flagged her

It absolutely was. There's no question of this. Now we need to ask how was the system marketed, what did the police pay for it, how were they trained to use it?

> anybody bothered to ask her "where were you the morning of july 10th between 3 and 4pm.

Legally that amounts "hearsay" and cannot have any value. Those statements probably won't even be admissible in court without other supporting facts entered in first.

> we are all guilty until cleared.

This is not at a phenomenon that started with AI. If you scratch the surface, even slightly, you'll find that this is a common strategy used against defendants who are perceived as not being financially or logistically capable of defending themselves.

We have a private prison industry. The line between these two outcomes is very short.