AI in Courts and Sentencing
Risk assessment instruments influence bail, sentencing and parole decisions in several jurisdictions, and generative tools are now appearing in case preparation and disclosure. The central question is whether a defendant can meaningfully challenge a decision shaped by a system whose workings are not disclosed.
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The Supreme Court is to hear a legal challenge over whether Delhi Police can use facial recognition on protesters. Member of Parliament A A Rahim has submitted a plea challenging…
The Supreme Court will examine the legality of Delhi Police using facial recognition and biometric surveillance against protesters. The court cited potential privacy violations.
Western Australia Police started a five-month trial in June using marked vans mounted with cameras. The vehicles scanned people's faces in real time. The police then matched the…
A Welsh learner says she was left devastated after judges at the National Eisteddfod accused her of using artificial intelligence to write her novel. Romy Wood denied using AI for…
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic destructively scanned books to gather training data, according to court documents in the case *Bartz v Anthropic*. The firm apparently…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with EFF that building a web browser does not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The decision follows a lawsuit where…
Lawyers for former FBI director James Comey allege that law enforcement used ChatGPT and a mafia killer to justify criminal charges against him. The US Department of Justice…
Delhi Police used facial recognition technology in an AI van to scan thousands of student protesters at Jantar Mantar. The system operated at an 80 per cent match threshold. The…
A senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on "AI hallucinated" information to refuse an asylum claim. The Upper Tribunal said it was unable to find a document cited in…
Activists in India are challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over the use of artificial intelligence-powered surveillance during a major youth protest in New Delhi…
Indian activists are legally challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over the deployment of artificial intelligence-powered surveillance during a student protest in…
Activists contend that police surveillance at the primary protest site in New Delhi was a breach of the law. They state that India currently has no legislation governing the use…
Former student union president Aishe Ghosh has filed a public interest litigation in the Delhi High Court against the Delhi Police's use of facial recognition technology and…
A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged in South Australia after allegedly using artificial intelligence to generate child exploitation material inside his Adelaide home.…
Live video feeds used by a police force can scan hundreds of faces every minute to instantly cross-reference their profiles. However, critics have raised concerns over the…
Thames Valley Police has postponed the initial deployment of its live facial recognition technology in Witney Market Square, Oxfordshire, due to resource pressures. The technology…
The growing use of artificial intelligence in criminal investigations is creating legal challenges, ranging from the verification of evidence authenticity to the protection of…
Norfolk Constabulary deployed Live Facial Recognition (LFR) cameras in Norwich city centre over two days earlier this year to identify wanted suspects and individuals who had…
A recent Supreme Court ruling regarding digital privacy could assist local organisers challenging the police deployment of automatic licence plate readers and Flock surveillance…
Nagpur Rural Police solved the rape and murder of an unidentified elderly woman found in a farm near Patansaongi within ten days by combining physical evidence, CCTV analysis, and…
Ovie Carroll, director of the Justice Department's cybercrime lab writing in a personal capacity, has highlighted a new legal defence termed "SAIDI", standing for "some artificial…
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed has announced the expansion of artificial intelligence-powered traffic surveillance cameras to 19 major intersections…
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed has inaugurated an AI camera-based traffic monitoring and e-prosecution system on Lake Road, adjacent to Jatiya Sangsad…
Police in Western Australia have deployed live facial recognition technology in marked vans across Perth, marking a first for Australian law enforcement. The system scans the…
The state Supreme Court has unanimously called for prosecutors to explain more fully how the technology was used in a Jersey City murder case. The decision builds on a 2023 ruling…
The British Transport Police scanned over 330,000 faces using live facial recognition technology at some of London's busiest train stations. The operation resulted in zero correct…
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled unanimously on the scope of evidence prosecutors must disclose when investigators use facial recognition technology in a criminal case. In…
A Derbyshire Police detective has been suspended and placed under criminal investigation after allegedly using an AI chatbot to generate biased evidence and case documents. The…