CNN. AI avatar of shooting victim addresses his killer in court. Posted: May 9, 2025 | Last updated: May 9, 2025. Christopher Pelkey was killed in a road rage shooting incident in Chandler ...

A victim will generally read their own statement to the court. However, where the victim has died, family members can make a statement speaking to their own trauma and loss.

On Thursday, Wales stood before the court and played the video — in what AI experts say is likely the first time the technology has been used in the U.S. to create an impact statement read by an ...

In a groundbreaking legal event, the family of Christopher Pelkey, a murder victim, employed AI to create an avatar for his sentencing hearing in Arizona. The AI-generated video delivered a victim ...

Murder victim 'speaks' beyond the grave in AI generated video at sentencing. The judge said he was moved by the video before sentencing.

Stacey Wales played the AI-generated video of her brother as a victim impact statement during the sentencing of his killer in an Arizona court. May 8, 2025 6 min ...

An Arizona court allowed a deceased victim to ‘speak’ as an AI avatar during a sentencing hearing. Could Australian courts do the same thing?

A US court permitted an AI-generated avatar of a deceased victim to deliver a victim impact statement, marking a legal first. The avatar, created using the victim’s voice and image, conveyed a ...