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Comment by cmahler7

based on some studies I've seen, human judges are terrible due to basic human nature, so I'd like to see something happen to make things more objective. Of course, the algo would have to be open, as opposed to the proprietary software being used now.

For example just having your sentencing be before lunch or at the end of the day results in harsher punishment simply due to the judge being hungry or tired.

Same goes for other basic things like women getting lighter sentences, minorities harsher sentences, etc.

parent cmahler7 9 years ago

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