China’s programmed judges
p2pnet.net News:- A piece of software code produced by Beijing-based firm has been ruling on sentences for people in China found guilty of charges including robbery, rape, murder and state security offenses.
Quoting the South China Morning Post, CNET News says software tested for two years in a court in Zibo, a city in the eastern coastal province of Shandong, “covered about 100 different crimes,” citing the software’s developer, Qin Ye.
“The software is aimed at ensuring standardized decisions on prison terms,” the story has Qin saying. “Our programs set standard terms for any subtle distinctions in different cases of the same crime.”
Judges, “enter details of a case and the system produces a sentence,” says CNET, which also quotes Zichuan District Court chief judge, Wang Hongmei as saying, “The software can avoid abuse of discretionary power of judges as a result of corruption or insufficient training.”
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September 14th, 2006 at 2:54 pm
smart idea but is there no account for circumstances?
September 14th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
Sounds like the judge dred movie becoming reality (computer court wise)
September 14th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
After my experiences in court, I have to conclude that a dumb computer must do a better job than a judge or a jury.
Here in Puerto Rico a songwriter was awarded $7million in damages after his song was used without authorization on a low selling recording where a word or two were changed.
A music publisher stole all my family’s song, over 500, composed by my father and perhaps $1million in royalties, and the damage award to my family was $0. If you find this unbeleibable, visit my page and see how the judge comitted over 200 errors.
Also here, in the last two weeks two judges issued identical 15 year on probation to a confessed killer and a confessed mastermind behind a murder atempt that ended a boxer’s career.
With the system being so unpredictable, perhaps the entire trial should be run by computers.
Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com
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September 14th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
heh
September 14th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
This was on futurama, that one where the old mac computer does trails.
September 15th, 2006 at 2:16 am
Better hope the computer doesn’t BSOD.
Or get haxxored.