New bill would let defendants inspect algorithms used against them in court

A pair of Democratic lawmakers are seeking to give defendants more information about algorithms used against them in a criminal trial. Reps. Mark Takano (D-CA) and Dwight Evans (D-PA) reintroduced the Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act on Thursday, which would allow defendants to access the source code of software used to analyze evidence in their [...]read moreNew bill would let defendants inspect algorithms used against them in court