
Government creating Minority Report-style ‘murder prediction tool’ that uses personal data to identify most likely killers
By GEORGE ODLING CRIME CORRESPONDENT Published: 10:11 EDT, 9 April 2025 | Updated: 16:13 EDT, 9 April 2025 The Government has developed a ‘murder prediction’ programme using personal data to identify offenders most likely to become killers. The secretive project, run by the Ministry of Justice, uses algorithms to analyse thousands of criminals in the…