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The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on March 31 in the case of Pitchford v. Cain, a Mississippi legal dispute concerning the right to challenge potential racial discrimination in jury selection. The case has undergone multiple appeals since 2006 and raises questions about habeas corpus law and the waiver of rights. Background […]
Amnesty International reports that predictive policing tools used by most UK police forces are discriminatory, unfair, and dangerous, calling for their ban. The human rights group asserts that these systems, which use algorithms and data to estimate where crimes are likely to occur, are rooted in “racist” policing practices like disproportionate stop and search targeting […]
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