I guess the future is now

[debgeisler]

U.S. cities, according to Wired magazine, will be relying on precog software to predict murder:

New crime-prediction software used in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and soon to be rolled out in the nation’s capital too, promises to reduce the homicide rate by predicting which prison parolees are likely to commit murder and therefore receive more stringent supervision.

Of course the article refers to Minority Report.