JusticeText CEO Devshi Mehrotra shares how leveling the playing field for public defenders is key to lasting criminal justice reform.

The startup recently partnered with the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission to support 125 public defenders, its first partnership at the statewide level.

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Mehrotra and Jones-Dove responded by developing a technology platform known as JusticeText, an AI-powered evidence management tool primarily geared toward public defenders.

JusticeText uses speech-to-text machine learning algorithms to transcribe video footage evidence, speeding up pre-trial preparation and helping overburdened and under-resourced public defenders

Public defender offices across the U.S. are under-resourced and underfunded. On top of that, the criminal cases public defenders take on can involve sifting through hours upon hours of visual and audio evidence.

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JusticeText has developed a web-based evidence management software that employs a speech-to-text machine learning algorithm to generate an interactive and searchable transcript of video and audio evidence automatically.

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Queens Defenders is partnering with JusticeText, an audiovisual evidence management software, to expedite the review of body camera footage, interrogation videos, jail calls, and other crucial discovery.

An audiovisual evidence management software that generates automated transcripts of body camera footage, interrogation videos, and jail calls, JusticeText expedites the pre-trial preparation time and allows public defenders to analyze crucial data.

Orange County’s Devshi Mehrotra, while still a student, put her computer skills to use in developing a platform that irons out some of the imbalances faced by public defenders representing financially strapped clients.

Stand Together Ventures Lab (STVL3, LLC) today announced an investment in JusticeText, a software platform that makes it easier for public defenders to process and incorporate crucial audio and video evidence in defense of their clients.

Wisconsin startup accelerator gener8tor has announced the fall 2020 cohorts for its gBeta Social Impact accelerator, a free seven-week intensive program that helps social entrepreneurs refine their business model.

JusticeText was awarded both the $5,000 grand prize and another $1,000 as audience favorite at Duke Law Tech Lab’s annual Demo Day pitch competition.

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Devshi Mehrotra and Leslie Jones-Dove were graduating seniors at the University of Chicago, when they created their criminal justice reform #startup, JusticeText.