Criminal Law Library Blog
On June I attended a CLE webinar, AI in Criminal Justice: Automated Decision-making Tools and Technology, From Policing to Corrections, sponsored by the Civil Rights and Social Justice Section of the American Bar Association. Below is a brief description of topics covered and a list of useful resources for those interested in pursuing these topics in greater detail:
Panelists discussed automated decision-making tools used by law enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and corrections officials. They explained a panoply of tools, including genealogical DNA investigations, predictive policing technologies, risk assessment algorithms and facial recognition technology. The panel offered perspectives on the purported benefits of the tools, and the potential harms of the tools, especially adverse racial impacts. In addition, the panel discussed new technologies and other tools now available to defense counsel to help level the playing field with the resources available to prosecutors.
Panelists
- Alfred Dennis Mathewson (Introductions) – Dean Emeritus, University of New Mexico School of Law; Member, AI & Economic Justice Project, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
- Clare Garvie – Training & Resource Counsel, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Sean Hill III – Assistant Professor of Law, Moritiz College of Law, Ohio State University
- Chief Anthony Holloway – Chief of Police, St. Petersburg, Florida Police Department
- Devshi Mehrotra – CEO, JusticeText
Moderator
- Hon. Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. – Senior Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Chair, Board of Editors, ABA Journal magazine; Technology Columnist, The Judges’ Journal magazine
Artificial Intelligence— “What Hath God Wrought” | By Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr., The Judges’ Journal, Volume 62, Number 3, Summer 2023
My “Hallucinating” Experience with ChatGPT | By Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr., The Judges’ Journal, Volume 62, Number 2, Spring 2023
Artificial Intelligence: Benefits and Unknown Risks | By Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr., The Judges’ Journal, Volume 60, Number 1, Winter 2021
Deepfakes: More Frightening Than Photoshop on Steroids | By Judge Herbert B. Dixon Jr., The Judges’ Journal, Volume 58, Number 3, Summer 2019
Using Artificial Intelligence to Address Criminal Justice Needs | Christopher Rigano, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
Bail Reform and the (False) Racial Promise of Algorithmic Risk Assessment | Sean Allan Hill II, UCLA Law Review
ABA POLICY 22M700: Refrain from using pretrial risk assessment tools
Spring 2024 Fellowship Events | ABA Legal Education Police Practices Consortium
What does the new White House policy on AI mean for law enforcement? Here are our takeaways | The Policing Project, NYU School of Law
Stanford Pretrial Risk Assessment Tools Factsheet Project | Stanford University School of Law
The Recon Approach: A New Direction for Machine Learning in Criminal Law | Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 37