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RE: A Lawyer Bot that helps you out on Legal Issues for Free? Are we ready for the Dawn of a New Age for Justice?

in #money7 years ago (edited)

I'm reminded of this story about a high-ranking government official who just had his conviction- and 12-year sentence for corruption- overturned on a technicality. It's unlikely a public defender or poor person representing themselves would have the same capacity to search for and successfully argue on such a minute detail of the law. A bot that could help someone look up legal questions for free could help equalize the playing field but, as @fleur pointed out, with the law being as sophisticated as it is, who's to say a simple computer program is capable of offering reliable advice?

As you stated, unequal treatment in the eyes of the law has deeper social roots related to preventable socioeconomic disparities, educational shortcomings, and a byzantine law system largely built to protect property and the right to profit even over basic human rights.

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