BLACK BOX ALGORITHMS' USE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TACKLED BY BILL REINTRODUCED BY REPS. TAKANO AND EVANS
February 16, 2024
February 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024:
Today, Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Penn.) reintroduced the Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act of 2024 to ensure defendants' rights are not stripped away as more and more investigations and prosecutions use black-boxed algorithms. People are being convicted without having the chance to see or challenge the source code that's being used against . . .
Today, Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Penn.) reintroduced the Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act of 2024 to ensure defendants' rights are not stripped away as more and more investigations and prosecutions use black-boxed algorithms. People are being convicted without having the chance to see or challenge the source code that's being used against . . .