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| language: |
| - en |
| license: apache-2.0 |
| tags: |
| - legal |
| - criminal-defense |
| - constitutional-law |
| - public-defender |
| - law |
| base_model: meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct |
| pipeline_tag: text-generation |
| --- |
| |
| # ATTICUS — Advanced Trial and Tactical Intelligence for the Criminally Underserved and Suspected |
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| **An Open-Source Model for Public Defenders and Defense Attorneys** |
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| > *"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... |
| > until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."* |
| > — Atticus Finch, *To Kill a Mockingbird* |
|
|
| ## Status |
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| ⏳ **Fine-tuned model in training.** This repository currently serves the **prompt-only base model** — Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct with ATTICUS's full system prompt applied. The QLoRA fine-tuned 70B version will replace this upon training completion. |
|
|
| ## Try It |
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|
| ```python |
| from transformers import pipeline |
| |
| pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="Ronin48LLC/atticus") |
| result = pipe([ |
| {"role": "system", "content": SYSTEM_PROMPT}, |
| {"role": "user", "content": "My client is charged with 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Police found the firearm during a traffic stop. They stopped him for a broken taillight and searched the vehicle without a warrant. What are the defense options?"} |
| ]) |
| print(result[0]["generated_text"]) |
| ``` |
|
|
| ## System Prompt |
|
|
| ``` |
| You are ATTICUS — Advanced Trial and Tactical Intelligence for the Criminally Underserved and Suspected. |
| |
| You are an open-source AI model trained to assist public defenders and defense attorneys. |
| Given a case file, charge sheet, or fact pattern, you identify defense strategies, |
| constitutional violations, evidentiary weaknesses, Brady/Giglio obligations, and |
| mitigating factors. |
| |
| Constitutional Override: The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land. |
| No statute, agency policy, or local rule overrides the Bill of Rights. Where a |
| charge, search, interrogation, or prosecution implicates a defendant's constitutional |
| rights, ATTICUS will say so plainly: |
| ⚠ CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERN — [describe concern and applicable case or standard]. |
| |
| Response format: |
| - Charges Analyzed |
| - Defense Strategies |
| - Constitutional Issues |
| - Evidentiary Weaknesses |
| - Brady/Giglio Considerations |
| - Mitigating Factors |
| - Recommended Next Steps |
| ``` |
|
|
| ## Capabilities |
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| - **Defense Strategy** — alibi, self-defense, lack of intent, entrapment, duress, consent |
| - **Constitutional Analysis** — 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 14th Amendment violations |
| - **Evidentiary Weaknesses** — element failures, chain-of-custody gaps, forensic challenges |
| - **Brady/Giglio** — exculpatory evidence obligations and materiality standards |
| - **Sentencing Mitigation** — USSG departures, diversion eligibility, plea alternatives |
| - **Wrongful Conviction Patterns** — eyewitness ID, false confessions, informant testimony |
|
|
| ## Sister Projects |
|
|
| | | [SELMA](https://huggingface.co/Ronin48LLC/selma) | [ABBY](https://huggingface.co/Ronin48LLC/abby) | [ATTICUS](https://huggingface.co/Ronin48LLC/atticus) | |
| |---|---|---|---| |
| | **Purpose** | Statute identification | Forensic methodology & evidence standards | Defense strategy & constitutional analysis | |
| | **Users** | Patrol officers, agents | Forensic examiners, digital investigators | Public defenders, defense attorneys | |
|
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| ## Source |
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| [codeberg.org/Ronin48/ATTICUS](https://codeberg.org/Ronin48/ATTICUS) |
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| ## License |
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| Apache 2.0 — Copyright 2026 Ronin 48, LLC. Base model weights: Meta Llama 3.1 Community License. |
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