How maths can get you locked up [BBC.com]

Samantha Sangenito 10/27/164:00 AM

Criminals in the US can be given computer-generated "risk scores" that may affect their sentences. But are the secret algorithms behind them really making justice fairer?
If you've seen the hit Netflix documentary series Making A Murderer, you'll know the US state of Wisconsin has had its problems delivering fair justice.
Now there's another Wisconsin case that's raised questions about how the US justice system works.
In the early hours of Monday 11 February 2013, two shots were fired at a house in La Crosse, a small city in the state.

[For more of this story, written by Simon Maybin, go to http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37658374]

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