Criminal Justice Algorithm Predicts Risk of Biased Sentencing — from courttechbulletin.blogspot.com
Excerpt:
A new algorithm aims to assess the likelihood of defendants being treated unfairly in court.
The tool considers details that ought to be immaterial to the ruling — such as the judge’s and defendant’s gender and race — and then predicts how likely the judge is to award an unusually long sentence. This can suggest when socio-demographic details may be swaying judgments, resulting in especially punitive treatments.