Re:Louisiana Judges Issue Harsher Sentences When the LSU Foo...
by dmix on Friday September 09, 2016 @10:29AM
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> unless you want to the days where we used to send people to prison for stealing a loaf of bread.
I found out this actually happens recently (if you have a record in Canada). A recent client of my lawyer partner had a past record ( domestic abuse and one more minor crime) and went to prison for stealing about $15-20 of food because he was hungry.
Regardless I know what you're saying. But there may still be the potential for a computer in the future which can analyze the context of the past thousands and thousands of human judge cases with machine learning algorithms. So it's not just a literal interpretation of law.
The challenge is establishing parameters such as previous record, age, grievousness of crime, etc. The goal is to provide a balance to human emotion. Maybe the solution here is providing that to judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys through technology.
I found out this actually happens recently (if you have a record in Canada). A recent client of my lawyer partner had a past record ( domestic abuse and one more minor crime) and went to prison for stealing about $15-20 of food because he was hungry.
Regardless I know what you're saying. But there may still be the potential for a computer in the future which can analyze the context of the past thousands and thousands of human judge cases with machine learning algorithms. So it's not just a literal interpretation of law.
The challenge is establishing parameters such as previous record, age, grievousness of crime, etc. The goal is to provide a balance to human emotion. Maybe the solution here is providing that to judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys through technology.