Why using AI in sentencing criminals might be a bad idea

May 19, 2017

Humanoid robot of British company RoboThespian "blushes" during the opening ceremony of the Hanover technology fair Cebit March 9, 2014, where Britain is this year's partner country. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY

The use of AI in law doesn’t start and end with sentencing, it starts at investigation. Image: REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Christopher Markou

PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

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