This year, Pennsylvania will use an algorithm to help judges decide how to sentence offenders, based on past data about who goes on to commit more crimes. But this has raised questions about how we make fair decisions.
Alan Yu (@Alan_Yu039) of WHYY’s The Pulse reports.
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