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An overwhelming majority of Federal cases don't involve a jury and instead consist of: 1. A scaling army of prosecutors and "professional witnesses" which are
by iinnPP 4y ago
An overwhelming majority of Federal cases don't involve a jury and instead consist of:
1. A scaling army of prosecutors and "professional witnesses" which are compensated/promoted based on conviction rate.
2. A single "freely" provided and extremely overworked defense attorney with three times the caseload of the prosecutor and where every bit of help they give out takes from the time of the other defendants they "defend."
3. As a result of 1&2 you are pressured to sign a plea and threatened with triple and quadruple punishments for the same activities. All while being stuck in a cell (why else would you need a free attorney)? And we are not talking the difference of 3 months and a year. Instead we are talking about the difference of 5 years and 20 years.
4. The result is an overwhelming number of factually innocent people in prison for crimes they never committed. From people who sat down and said, what happens if it goes wrong vs what happens when I do 5 years of adult daycare?
So yes, any kind of AI is likely to improve the situation as the situation is currently completely unacceptable to anyone who has seen a family member go through it.