New! H2O now has access to new and up-to-date cases via CourtListener and the Caselaw Access Project. Click here for more info.

Main Content

Casebook Read Credits
Tanaka Criminal Law Casebook
Resource 3 . 5

The Constitutionality of Using Computer Models to Determine Criminal Sentences (Video)

Elizabeth Tanaka

This video explores the controversy surrounding the constitutionality of applying risk-assessment tools in determining the outcome of criminal cases.  The video discusses two cases to illustrate potentially implicated constitutional provisions.  First, a challenge based on the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.  Second, a challenge based on the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. 

As you consider the material, keep in mind the (conflicting?) interests of judicial efficiency and constitutional protections/justice.

The Constitutionality of Using Computer Models to Determine Criminal Sentences (Video)

This book, and all H2O books, are Creative Commons licensed for sharing and re-use with the exception of certain excerpts. Any excerpts from the Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, and the Model Penal Code are copyright by The American Law Institute. Excerpts are reproduced with permission, not as part of a Creative Commons license.