Op-Ed: How California can use technology to wipe the slate clean for millions with criminal records (Aug. 28, 2019)

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BY COLLEEN V. CHIEN Seen and unseen, algorithms are being used every day to target ads, optimize decisions, and determine which content and articles (including this one) we see. But while much of the recent news about machine decision-making has been negative, including how it amplifies racial bias, California now has the opportunity to use algorithms to […]

There’s No Such Thing as Expunging a Criminal Record Anymore (Jan. 7, 2019)

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Criminal-record expungement and sealing laws are an increasingly popular and seemingly simple reform. The logic is sound: For the criminal justice system to work effectively, the system must also let people move on from their past and have equal access to employment and housing, unburdened by the stigma of a criminal record years later. The

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