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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
+
+**An Open-Source Model for Public Defenders and Defense Attorneys**
+
+> *"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
+
+⏳ **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
+
+```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
+
+- **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 |
+
+## Source
+
+[codeberg.org/Ronin48/ATTICUS](https://codeberg.org/Ronin48/ATTICUS)
+
+## License
+
+Apache 2.0 — Copyright 2026 Ronin 48, LLC. Base model weights: Meta Llama 3.1 Community License.