The #Trudeau government has been working for almost a decade to address #SystemicRacism and #discrimination within the justice system and the numbers remain alarming.
As a former public defender and technologist, I really like the spirit of this bill.
TL;DR: The Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act, would allow defendants to access the source code of software used to analyze evidence in their criminal trials. The bill also calls for the creation of testing standards for forensic algorithms and aims to address concerns about bias and transparency in the criminal justice system.