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What Algorithms Taught Me About Forgiveness

I decided I wanted to do some accountability studies about algorithms in our lives. And it’s hard to study the newsfeed in a quantitative way, and I also wanted something with higher stakes. So I started with an algorithm that is used in the criminal justice system to predict whether a person is likely to commit a future crime.

Justice in the Judiciary

I was 25 years old when I went to law school. I was 28 when I came out. And I was a bit older than the rest of the kids in law school. And when I came out, I was equally qualified be a tax attorney or a civil litigator or an entertainment lawyer. And I just chose to be a prosecutor. No special training. No special equipment. No special tools.

1,862 Fewer Years in Prison

We make the family an essential and effective part of the defense team, so they could change the outcome of cases and transform the landscape of power in the court system.