Author(s):
Danielle Citron
Publication Date:
July 13, 2016
Publication Type:
Other Writing
In a ruling today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court sanctioned the use of COMPAS risk assessment scores about a defendant’s potential recidivism in sentencing, so long as judges receive written warnings about the value of such scores and don’t rely on them exclusively. In that case, Eric Loomis challenged the trial court’s use of COMPAS scores in sentencing on due process grounds.
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This article by Danielle Citron originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on July 13, 2016 at 10:00AM
