Algorithms can reduce legal-system bias by making decisions free of human judgment foibles.

Evidence

Technology can free people to focus on decisions that require judgment, and it can make decisions free of the foibles and biases that creep into human judgment. In this chapter, we will discuss the ways in which artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and algorithms can aid decision-making in the legal system. Such technology has the capability to help attorneys, prosecutors, and judges to make decisions based on fair and unbiased use of data. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1140

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• XREF: connects to: Algorithmic governance is emerging in justice systems worldwide without clear oversight — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 447