A Big Report Proving The Justice System Is ‘Racist’ Is All Nonsense
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Blake Neff
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9:24 PM 07/10/2016
A prisoner. [Shutterstock/sakhorn] A prisoner. [Shutterstock/sakhorn]
A major article widely cited as proof of racial bias in the criminal justice system is actually anything but.
According to ProPublica’s May article “Machine Bias,” a popular risk assessment software program, used across the country to evaluate criminal defendants’ risk of reoffending, has extremely biased outcomes against black defendants compared to white ones.
The article’s findings have started to take off. Immediately after publication, it was cited on sites like The Daily Dot and Fusion. On June 25, The New York Times cited it as proof that both computer algorithms and law enforcement are substantially biased against blacks. Last week, it was touted by FiveThirtyEight’s science reporter.
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