Former Enron executive John Arnold has poured more than $46 million into criminal justice efforts since 2019, exceeding the $40 million that Soros has spent over the past decade to elect liberal prosecutors across the country. Arnold’s efforts are largely focused on his Public Safety Assessment program, a free algorithm that recommends whether judges should grant bail. Arnold tapped Democratic staffers and Obama administration officials to lead the program, which has a history of recommending bail for repeat offenders.

Arnold’s bail tool uses an algorithm to predict the likelihood that a defendant will commit crimes while out on bail from jail and whether the defendant will show up to court if released. If the suspect scores low enough, the tool will recommend that the judge grant bail.

But the tool has a poor track record.

[I’m not sure this is really analogous to Soros & Son, who spend money to get activist progressive prosecutors in place to politicize law enforcement. Arnold’s money goes into promoting this app and bail-reform legislation, which isn’t the same thing. The app may not work well, but no one’s forced to use it, and bad legislation can be reversed. Still a worthwhile heads-up. — Ed]