China Uses Robot Judges To Pass Sentences On Various Types Of Misdemeanors

China Uses Robot Judges To Pass Sentences On Various Types Of Misdemeanors

Robot: Consciousness, feelings, free will… There are things that a machine cannot yet understand about the human being, it cannot understand them following its ‘mechanical’ reasoning. It cannot know why we lie, why we contradict ourselves, why we endure and/or succeed when according to the data we should fail. There are too many variables, and … Read more

From backrooms to courtrooms: Judges take over drawing dozens of House districts

From backrooms to courtrooms: Judges take over drawing dozens of House districts

“I mean, it could make the difference down here,” he said, referring to Democrats’ fight to keep their razor-thin majority. Freda Levenson, ACLU of Ohio legal director, appears before the Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus during oral arguments in a constitutional challenge to new legislative district maps on Dec. 8, 2021. | Julie Carr Smyth/AP … Read more

Suit alleges Kentucky deputy forced women to have sex in judge’s chamber in lieu of fees

Suit alleges Kentucky deputy forced women to have sex in judge’s chamber in lieu of fees

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky. — A Kentucky woman says in a federal lawsuit that a Letcher County deputy sheriff told her she would receive “favorable treatment for sexual favors” when she couldn’t afford to pay for the incarceration. In the lawsuit filed in US court Monday, Sabrina Adkins says Deputy Ben Fields met her late at night … Read more