Across the nation, judges, probation and parole officers are increasingly using algorithms to assess a criminal defendant’s likelihood of becoming a recidivist – a term used to describe criminals who ...

Because the tool is a "trade secret," there is no way for the public to evaluate whether COMPAS Re-entry makes errors or exhibits systemic bias. Getty Images. Every parole hearing in New York has one ...

In courtrooms across the United States, it has become commonplace for judges to be provided with “risk assessment” reports—algorithmically-generated scores assigned to criminals meant to gauge the ...

In this special guest feature, Sanjay Arora, CEO and Founder of Million Short, examines the dangers of algorithmic bias. It’s tempting to regard algorithms as objective, unbiased constructs that are ...

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 ...