Essay | Summer 2026
How to Keep AI From Destroying Prosecution
Legitimate legal action will always require human judgment. AI is already eroding that. Here’s how to use it instead as a helpful tool.
Andrew McCants is a criminal defense attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law. He formerly served as a senior trial attorney in the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office, prosecuting cold-case felonies, including violent crimes.
In The New Atlantis
Essay | Summer 2026
Legitimate legal action will always require human judgment. AI is already eroding that. Here’s how to use it instead as a helpful tool.