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Can an Algorithm Predict Unfair Sentences in the Courts?

The Crime Report

A new set of algorithms, created by members of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Idaho Justice Project and the University of Pennsylvania, aims to assess the likelihood of defendants being mistreated in court, reports Government Technology.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

Burger, for instance, shortened oral arguments from two hours to one hour, began the practice of releasing summaries of the court’s opinions along with the opinions themselves, and upgraded the court’s word-processing technology. The chief justice came to the court with lifelong desires to make everything work better.

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