Failed Execution
A criminologist and a computer scientist say they have developed software that can predict whether a U.S. inmate sentenced to death will actually end up getting offed by the state. The Christian Science Monitor reports:
What some observers find alarming about the outcome is that the 19 points of data supplied on each death-row inmate contained no details of the case. Only facts such as age, race, sex, and marital status were included, along with the date and type of offense.
Whole thing here.