> Run it multiple times with multiple defendants, set up a control group

And also

> That would be a lot more work, but it would also be much higher quality data

I don’t know much about the field of law, but anecdotally it doesn’t strike me as particularly data driven. So I think, even before introducing any kind of AI, the above would be met with a healthy dose of gatekeeping.

Like the whole sport of referencing prior rulings, based on opinions at a point in time doesn’t seem much different than anecdotes to me.

But I’d love to be proven wrong though.