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A Genre Anthology by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G Waugh, first published in 1983. The ten stories collected here are all Science Fiction, because they involve different computers. The stories are also Crime Fiction, ranging from computer-assisted crimes, computers misinterpreting things as crimes, to even computers committing crimes. The authors explore various intentional and unintentional crimes with the all-powerful computers at humanity's hands. A short introduction by Isaac Asimov describes how technology has affected crime prevention and crime itself.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })
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Computerized Judicial System: (Played for Drama) In "Computers Don't Argue", by Gordon R. Dickson, the society keeps all records in the computers. A filing error transforms a minor civil dispute over a book into a major criminal prosecution over the alleged kidnapping of Robert Louis Stevenson. Veers into Bathos territory as the computer issues a reprimand to the State Governor (highest Executive office in the relevant government) for failure to include the signature of their supervisor instead of sending the pardon to excuse the person on Death Row.
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Acquitted Too Late: In "Computers Don't Argue", by Gordon R. Dickson, the pardon that Walter is waiting on won't arrive in time because it was intercepted by the Computerized Judicial System and sent back because the State Governor forgot to get a supervisor's signature (State governors don't have supervisors).
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