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Yates, Shaun (2026) Reviewing the Leveson Review Part II: marking the techno-optimistic turn in criminal justice reform. London Metropolitan University - Expert Commentary. pp. 1-4.
This piece offers a critical assessment of Lord Leveson’s Part II Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, arguing that it marks a problematic turn towards techno-optimism in criminal justice reform. While recognising the importance of addressing delay and under-resourcing, the piece first contends that Leveson’s conceptualisation of efficiency is messy and could be refined further. Building on this initial analysis, it examines Leveson’s drive to integrate AI tools into future criminal court work, characterising this as “visionary and optimistic at best, utopian and misjudged at worst”. The article focuses specifically on Leveson’s cautious encouragement of AI tools for translation work in the criminal court process. Drawing upon the same works relied upon by Leveson, the piece warns against introducing complex technological systems into an environment that has historically struggled to maintain basic infrastructure (such as microphones and speakers). This leads the article to conclude that an optimistic vision of AI technology in the criminal courts is not tenable - contrary to Leveson’s position.
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