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Algorithm Used by the Malaysian Judiciary Reportedly Recommended Unusually High Sentencing to a Drug Possession Case
- Occurred
- Feb 19, 2020
- Published
- Apr 12, 2022
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
The AI system used by the Malaysian judiciary which explicitly considered age, employment, and socio-economic data provided sentencing to a drug possession case that was alleged by lawyer to be disproportionately high for the crime committed.
Developers
- Sarawak Information Systems
Deployers
- Malaysian judiciary
- Malaysian courts
Harmed parties
- Malaysian convicted people
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI system recommended disproportionately high sentencing based on demographic data, indicating potential bias in judicial outcomes.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8