By the end of 2019, it could clear 250,000 records.

Calif. uses algorithm to scrub thousands of cannabis convictions

Clean Slate

A tool called Clear My Record has automated the process of removing cannabis convictions from criminal records in California.

Calif. Uses Algorithm to Scrub Thousands of Cannabis Convictions

The process used to take months. The algorithm does it in minutes.

Should we be leaving someone's future up to big data?

Algorithms are no better at predicting repeat offenders than inexperienced humans

Artificial Intelligence

The accuracy of the human volunteer's predictions included a mean of 62.1 percent and a median of 64.0 percent. The accuracy of COMPAS was 65.2 percent. 

Algorithms Are No Better at Predicting Repeat Offenders Than Inexperienced Humans

This is telling.

Future Society

New Jersey is working to alleviate racial bias in one aspect of the criminal justice system. An algorithm is helping to set bail in a more fair manner.

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Calif. Uses Algorithm to Scrub Thousands of Cannabis Convictions

Algorithms Are No Better at Predicting Repeat Offenders Than Inexperienced Humans

One State is Replacing Bail Hearings With…An Algorithm

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