A.I. in the courtroom: When algorithms rule on jail time

CLEVELAND — The centuries-old process of releasing defendants on bail, long the province of judicial discretion, is getting a major assist ... courtesy of artificial intelligence.In late August, Hercules Shepherd Jr. walked up to the stand in a Cleveland courtroom, dressed in an orange jumpsuit. Two nights earlier, an officer had arrested him at a traffic stop with a small bag of cocaine, and he was about to be arraigned.Judge Jimmy Jackson Jr. looked at Shepherd, then down at a computer-g