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May 23, 2016 03:25 pm -04

Violent crime prediction algorithms are racially biased

When a criminal defendant faces sentencing in the United States, a judge can use several factors to determine a punishment that fits the crime. Increasingly, one of those factors is what is known as a "risk assessment score" -- a number meant to pred...

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