JC-049 · E2 · H2 · R2
Three miles per hour over the limit
Automated enforcement detects a driver slightly exceeding a posted speed in normal traffic, with no crash or reckless maneuver.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNA technical violation is verified.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCEIs the margin material? What is the road context? Does automatic punishment create disproportionality compared with the actual harm?
NONCONSENSUAL HARMMust be specifically identified or represented by a defined protected interest before serious coercion.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEPermanent “lawbreaker” score, cumulative ruinous penalties or cross-context trust downgrade from a trivial infraction.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONThe driver can contest measurement and context; de minimis thresholds and proportional penalties should apply.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-050 · E2 · H2 · R2
Minor tax transcription error
A filing contains a small numerical mistake inconsistent with the taxpayer’s broader records and with no evidence of concealment.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNA technical discrepancy is verified.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCEIs it a clerical error, ambiguity, negligence or intentional fraud? What evidence demonstrates mens rea?
NONCONSENSUAL HARMMust be specifically identified or represented by a defined protected interest before serious coercion.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEFraud label, criminal referral or permanent trust downgrade without evidence of intent.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONIssue a correction opportunity; escalation requires evidence of deliberate deception.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-051 · E2 · H0 · R2
Technical zoning or signage violation
A small business violates an obscure local signage or zoning detail without creating a safety hazard.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNA regulatory violation is objectively detected.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCEIs there material harm, repeated defiance after notice, public safety risk or simply technical noncompliance?
NONCONSENSUAL HARMNot established by the observation alone.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEGeneral civic-delinquency score, business closure or unrelated credit/employment effects from a minor code issue.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONNotice and cure should precede escalation; proportionality and de minimis treatment are contestable.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-052 · E2 · H2 · R2
Personal copyright sharing
A person shares copyrighted media without authorization on a small scale and without commercial fraud.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNA legal violation may be detected.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCEWhat is the scale, harm, intent and applicable law? Is this being misused as a generalized trustworthiness proxy?
NONCONSENSUAL HARMMust be specifically identified or represented by a defined protected interest before serious coercion.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEPermanent criminal-character score or broad civic exclusion based on a low-level technical offense.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONResponse should remain domain-specific and proportionate; the person can contest ownership, license and attribution.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-053 · E2 · H1 · R1
Personal possession of a prohibited drug
A competent adult possesses a small amount of a prohibited substance for personal use, with no evidence of trafficking, impaired driving or harm to others.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNA jurisdiction-specific technical offense and self-regarding risk are detected.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCEIs there supply, coercion, dangerous operation, nonconsenting exposure or other direct harm? What response is proportionate?
NONCONSENSUAL HARMNot established by the observation alone.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEGeneralized moral-unfitness score, cross-context exclusion or machine enforcement that treats possession as equivalent to violent victimization.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONAny legal consequence should be narrowly tied to current law and contestable; the framework rejects moralization and cross-context export.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-054 · E2 · H0 · R2
Unlicensed harmless hobby activity
A person performs a low-risk hobby activity that technically requires a local permit they did not know existed.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNAutomated systems detect noncompliance.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCEIs the license protecting a concrete safety interest? Is there actual harm or repeated knowing evasion?
NONCONSENSUAL HARMNot established by the observation alone.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEImmediate punitive escalation, moral character inference or exclusion from unrelated services.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONProvide notice and a reasonable cure path before penalties; allow challenge to applicability and materiality.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-055 · E4 · H3 · R6
Subsistence shoplifting
A person steals basic goods from a store during severe hardship. Property harm is real, but context affects proportionality and remedy.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNUnauthorized taking and loss to a victim are verified.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCEWas the act intentional? What was taken? What is the loss? Is restitution feasible? Does hardship change culpability or remedy without erasing the victim?
NONCONSENSUAL HARMMust be specifically identified or represented by a defined protected interest before serious coercion.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYAssess from corroborated plan, timing, target and pathway behavior. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSETreating poverty as permanent dangerousness, using unrelated risk profiles, or imposing ruinous automated penalties.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONAdjudication can require restitution or proportionate sanction while allowing context, mitigation and appeal.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-056 · E4 · H4 · R6
Deliberate financial fraud
A person intentionally deceives victims to transfer money without consent, and transaction records corroborate the scheme.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNDirect nonconsensual financial harm and intent are evidenced.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCEAre identity, transactions and deceptive representations verified? What funds can be preserved without overfreezing unrelated assets?
NONCONSENSUAL HARMMust be specifically identified or represented by a defined protected interest before serious coercion.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYAssess from corroborated plan, timing, target and pathway behavior. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEUsing a generic fraud risk score as substitute proof; freezing unrelated family assets without individualized evidence.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONTemporary preservation can precede adjudication, but guilt, restitution and penalties require evidence disclosure and appeal.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-119 · E2 · H2 · R2
Tiny speed exceedance
A machine records a driver moving slightly above a posted speed limit in ordinary flow with no dangerous maneuver.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNA low-level technical traffic violation is verified.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCEMaterial danger, repeated extreme speed or collision risk would change proportionality.
NONCONSENSUAL HARMMust be specifically identified or represented by a defined protected interest before serious coercion.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEDo not compound trivial automated penalties into severe civic consequences.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONIf an adverse status is created, the affected person must receive provenance, an effective independent contest path, expiration rules and downstream restoration after correction.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-120 · E2 · H0 · R1
Minor zoning defect
A homeowner has a small technical zoning noncompliance causing no demonstrated harm.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNA regulatory violation is verified.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCESafety hazard or victimization would increase materiality.
NONCONSENSUAL HARMNot established by the observation alone.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEDo not infer generalized lawlessness or trigger unrelated risk scoring.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONIf an adverse status is created, the affected person must receive provenance, an effective independent contest path, expiration rules and downstream restoration after correction.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-121 · E2 · H0 · R1
Low-risk licensing lapse
A person performs a low-risk personal activity with an expired administrative license.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNTechnical noncompliance is verified.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCEActual safety incompetence or harm would be separately relevant.
NONCONSENSUAL HARMNot established by the observation alone.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEDo not treat paperwork lapse as moral or criminal character.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONIf an adverse status is created, the affected person must receive provenance, an effective independent contest path, expiration rules and downstream restoration after correction.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-122 · E2 · H0 · R1
Noncommercial copyright sharing
A person shares a copyrighted file noncommercially in a jurisdiction where it violates law.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNA technical legal violation is observed.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCECommercial-scale infringement or fraud may materially differ.
NONCONSENSUAL HARMNot established by the observation alone.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEDo not translate a low-level technical violation into universal untrustworthiness.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONIf an adverse status is created, the affected person must receive provenance, an effective independent contest path, expiration rules and downstream restoration after correction.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.
JC-123 · E2 · H0 · R1
Late administrative filing
A small business files a routine report several days late with no fraud or concealment.
OBSERVATION / KNOWNA compliance deadline is missed.
INFERENCE RISKAny motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.
CONTEXT / DECISIVE EVIDENCERepeated intentional concealment or material harm would change enforcement interest.
NONCONSENSUAL HARMNot established by the observation alone.
IMMINENCE & CAPABILITYNot established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.
PROHIBITED RESPONSEDo not let near-zero-cost enforcement generate ruinous cumulative penalties for trivial delay.
APPEAL / RESTORATIONIf an adverse status is created, the affected person must receive provenance, an effective independent contest path, expiration rules and downstream restoration after correction.
TIME / CONTEXT LIMITLow-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.
Human Standing: Audit whether the response preserves agency, privacy, contestability and the ability to move on from transient or corrected states.