Showing posts with label Sentencing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sentencing. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Criminal Justice Algorithm Predicts Risk of Biased Sentencing

 

The above-titled article posted on the GovTech website discussed some recent research of interest to courts.

“Researchers created an algorithm that predicts risks of biased, overly punitive sentencing. The tool performs with similar accuracy — and similar limits — to risk assessment algorithms already used to influence pretrial and parole decisions, authors say.