Letter The reply to the letter by A.Shurko of 15.01.1988. The author discusses the use of computers in judgement as an information expert system. But a decision about a punishment of a defendant is a human prerogative. (Handwritten and typewritten variants) Date: 25.01.1988 Original document language: russian Authors: Andrei Petrovich Ershov Addressee: A. Shurko