Re:Zuckerberg-Backed Data Trove Exposes the Injustices of Cr...
by drtillberg on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @08:23PM
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Kudos to the court clerks who are making the public data available. So refreshing.
On the other hand, in Massachusetts, progressive in so many ways, the clerks treat court databases as proprietary and unavailable to be copied. And the data on the criminal side, practically under lock and key. It's a big impediment even to getting started examining the nuts and bolts of the justice system as this project has done.
On the other hand, in Massachusetts, progressive in so many ways, the clerks treat court databases as proprietary and unavailable to be copied. And the data on the criminal side, practically under lock and key. It's a big impediment even to getting started examining the nuts and bolts of the justice system as this project has done.