The Need for Artificial Intelligence in Solving Unsolved Criminal Cases and Sentencing in Malaysia
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As humans, it is common for judges to give wrong verdicts when making decisions, especially in criminal cases. As such, those who feel that they have been wronged by the courts will thus appeal against the decisions. Due to the sheer volume of appeals, it has resulted in a backlog of cases. However, there is no one solution to solve the problem other than calling the judicial officers to improve themselves with legal knowledge before the real use of Artificial Intelligence in legal policy. In the current digital era, it is believed that Artificial Intelligence can accelerate and automate the review of potential evidence in identifying the most relevant and accurate evidence. With the help of Artificial Intelligence, it will reduce court unsolved cases. Countries such as the United States of America, Colombia, and China have started implementing Artificial Intelligence in their respective judicial systems. Yet Singapore’s criminal courts have no plan to use Artificial Intelligence in sentencing. Therefore, it has raised questions like should Malaysia’s judicial response to the use of Artificial Intelligence in cracking those backlog criminal cases and how far could it go in helping the judges. This paper seeks to highlight the issues.
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