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The study reports substantial differences among Harris County magistrate judges, producing inconsistency and unequal treatment across similar defendants. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Do Judges Behave Like Algorithms? · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:57646501a18e732883d67b3a589d2ebdd6c18dbe0055728614257bd79c847b05

Our results reveal that these judges generally behave algorithmically: their decisions can be captured by small, interpretable formulas. However, in some cases, judges differ substantially, leading to surprising inconsistency and unequal treatment across similar defendants.