“Mercy,” a film released in January 2026, depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in the near future: a city riddled with violence, homelessness, and civic disorder. California’s response is to set up the Mercy Capital Court, run entirely by an AI bot that goes by the name Judge Maddox. The judge can analyze evidence, determine whether the threshold for guilt has been met, and execute the defendant—all in a matter of 90 minutes.
AI is showing up in court cases, but only a human jury can grapple with the moral weight of assessing guilt
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