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To: TimF who wrote (813)	9/14/2006 12:41:06 PM
From: TimF	of 10087

Courts use computers to decide who should face death sentence Last updated at 15:14pm on 13th September 2006 Criminals in China face being sent to the firing squad by a computer after the introduction of a software programme to help decide the sentences handed out by courts. Judges are using computers equipped with a sophisticated legal database as an aid to determining punishments for 100 different crimes including robbery and rape by tapping in details of the crime and the mitigating circumstances. The programme – nicknamed “penalty calculator” - then flashes up its recommended sentence on crimes including murder and stealing state secrets, which are punishable by death by firing squad in the communist nation... dailymail.co.uk theinquirer.net

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