Victims can’t access their court transcripts because they’re too expensive – the government says AI might be the answer

By Brian Thornton, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Winchester

For years, victims of crime and those trying to challenge convictions have said that the UK’s system for accessing court records is prohibitively expensive and unnecessarily bureaucratic.

The government has taken steps to improve this transparency. In a recent investigation, I revealed that the government has abandoned its policy of destroying court records. But significant barriers remain for those trying to gain access to those…

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