Wisconsin court deems sentencing algorithm constitutional

Wisconsin court deems sentencing algorithm constitutional

If you were hoping that Wisconsin would open up the sentencing algorithmit uses to help determine prison time, you're about to be disappointed. 
The state's Supreme Court has ruled that the use of the the COMPAS algorithm doesn't violate your constitutional right to due process. The decision rejected plaintiff Eric Loomis' complaints that the code is both proprietary (thus preventing him from challenging its accuracy) and was too central to his 6-year prison term...continue reading