Over the last few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been making headlines and changing industries at a breakneck pace. Some businesses are using it to power chatbots, while others are creating facial recognition protocols, processing data, and even speeding up research. While AI is still developing in many areas, it’s already a powerful tool. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies are certainly using AI in their mission to identify and prosecute people, and defense attorneys can use AI to protect their clients’ rights and freedom.
What is artificial intelligence?
Despite the name, AI isn’t truly intelligent in the sense of experiencing conscious and independent thought. Rather, it’s an advanced piece of software that can recognize patterns, take input and adapt to it, solve problems, make plans, and process human language. These feats are possible through access to massive amounts of data to “learn.”
In short, AI is a tool that can process data very quickly, recognize patterns, and organize and present data in meaningful ways.
How can AI factor into criminal defense?
Saving time on research
It’s no secret that the life of a criminal defense attorney is a busy one. Rather than needing to pore over thousands of pages of data—think witness statements, police reports, and affidavits—attorneys can utilize AI-based criminal defense software to pull relevant data and present it in efficient and accessible ways. This saves countless hours and frees up time to build a better case.
Identifying patterns and trends
As AI legal software sifts through mountains of data, it can recognize patterns that may not be apparent to a human. Because AI criminal defense software can process so much data at once, it can look at evidence through a broader scope. This allows the program to find common ground between seemingly unrelated data or trace trends in unexpected areas. AI analytics could change the face of criminal defense, finally putting defenders on a more level ground with the over-resourced agencies and systems they fight every day.
Get expert assistance from TrialKit
TrialKit’s advanced criminal law software is helping attorneys across the country streamline case preparation, save time, and serve clients better. With our software, you can:
- Upload files of all types—from text to video—to process and extract critical data without upload limits.
- Catalog, index, name, and categorize your data instantly.
- Search all your uploads for critical data and visualize connections between different subjects.
- Build better cases through our interactive workstation. Team access makes building charts and preparing media quick and efficient.
TrialKit learns how you operate to understand your organizational systems and naming conventions for a seamless transition to new software and automatically applies file names for more intuitive organization. The collaborative features allow multiple users to contribute and update dynamic presentation materials in real time.
Find out how TrialKit’s criminal law software can transform your evidence analysis and case-building process by requesting a demo today.
