Greg Beato on Number-Crunching the Courts
It's time to bring data-driven oversight to the nation's halls of justice.
How many U.S. citizens end up pleading guilty in a courtroom each year without ever getting access to an attorney? In which counties are pre-trial detainees least likely to obtain release through bail? Greg Beato suggests that instead of spying on us, the government use its technological power to data-driven oversight to the nation's halls of justice.