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StoryThe algorithm that labeled her high risk
Runtime62.6s of narration across 6 blocks
Runthe-algorithm-that-labeled-her-high-risk
Created2026-08-03 11:22:04

Facts it is allowed to assert

  • F1 Brisha Borden was rated high risk for future crime after stealing a child's bicycle and scooter valued at $80, but she has not been charged with any new crimes in the two years following her arrest.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing
  • F2 ProPublica analyzed risk scores for over 7,000 people arrested in Broward County, Florida in 2013 and 2014, and found that only 20 percent of people predicted to commit violent crimes actually did so.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing
  • F3 Black defendants were 77 percent more likely to be labeled as at higher risk of committing a future violent crime compared to white defendants, even after accounting for criminal history, age, and gender.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing
  • F4 The algorithm was nearly twice as likely to falsely flag black defendants as future criminals compared to white defendants.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing
  • F5 In 2014, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder warned that risk assessment scores might be injecting bias into courts and called for the U.S. Sentencing Commission to study their use.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing

Every claim, and where it came from

Block 1

Black defendants were seventy-seven percent more likely to be labeled higher risk for future violent crime. The algorithm made this prediction automatically. It shaped what happened next.

  • F3Black defendants were seventy-seven percent more likely to be labeled higher risk for future violent crimeBlack defendants were 77 percent more likely to be labeled higher risk for future violent crime.
Block 2

Risk-scoring algorithms predict future crimes and shape bail decisions, sentencing, and parole across America. These scores determine who stays free and who goes to prison.

  • F5Risk-scoring algorithms predict future crimes and shape bail decisions, sentencing, and parole across Americarisk scores might be injecting bias into the courts
Block 3

Brisha Borden took a child's bicycle and scooter. The algorithm rated her high risk. She has not been charged with any new crimes since.

  • F1Brisha Borden took a child's bicycle and scooterBrisha Borden was rated high risk after taking a child's bicycle and scooter.
  • F1She has not been charged with any new crimesShe has not been charged with any new crimes.
Block 4

ProPublica analyzed risk scores for more than seven thousand people arrested in Broward County, Florida. The algorithm was nearly twice as likely to falsely flag black defendants.

  • F2ProPublica analyzed risk scores for more than seven thousand people arrested in Broward County, FloridaProPublica analyzed risk scores for more than 7,000 people arrested in Broward County, Florida.
  • F4The algorithm was nearly twice as likely to falsely flag black defendantsThe algorithm was nearly twice as likely to falsely flag black defendants as future criminals.
Block 5

In two thousand fourteen, Attorney General Eric Holder warned that risk scores might be injecting bias into the courts. The warnings came. The algorithms stayed in place.

  • F5In two thousand fourteen, Attorney General Eric Holder warned that risk scores might be injecting bias into the courtsIn 2014, Attorney General Eric Holder warned that risk scores might be injecting bias into the courts.
Block 6

A number that predicts the future. But in twenty fourteen, the Attorney General warned that risk scores might be injecting bias into the courts.

  • F5in twenty fourteen, the Attorney General warned that risk scores might be injecting bias into the courtsIn 2014, Attorney General Eric Holder warned that risk scores might be injecting bias into the courts.

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