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Anna Desmarais

Can governments stop killings before they happen? UK explores creating 'murder prediction' programme

The UK government is studying whether they can develop a “murder prediction” programme that will use police and government data to decide how likely someone is to kill, new research has found. 

Information for the project was gathered through several freedom of information (FOI) requests filed by Statewatch, a UK-based civil liberties and human rights charity. 

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