(TNS) — struggles with an overwhelming number of cases with legally challenged clients. This puts pressure on its resources and threaten the surety of a fair trial to the people it represents. Meanwhile, Kentucky prosecutors benefit from higher funding and expanded support, which means public defense attorneys have to equip themselves with tools that can break the status quo.
Throughout this imbalance, a new AI-powered tool called JusticeText — exclusive to public defenders — has emerged as a potential aid, offering public defenders a crucial boost in analyzing case evidence efficiently, in efforts to level the playing field and ensure fair defense. Since the implementation of body-worn camera footage requirements within police departments, prosecutors and defense attorneys have access to a potential treasure trove of evidence. That is, if they have the time to sift through it.
Tatum Goetz-Isaacs, the directing trial attorney for the Covington Department of Public Advocacy, said a majority of cases contain a minimum of three hours of body camera footage, and some have more than 100 hours if several officers are involved. With a lack of assets and attorneys strapped with heavy caseloads, the Department of Public Advocacy is constantly forced to find ways to make the most of their resources. With the help of JusticeText, attorneys have the ability to save some time on work that would consume hours and days of their time, Goetz-Isaacs said.
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