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Murder victim 'speaks' beyond the grave in AI generated video at sentencing

The judge said he was moved by the video before sentencing.
ByIvan Pereira
May 9, 2025, 11:58 AM

https://abcnews.go.com/US/murder-victim-speaks-grave-ai-generated-video-sentencing/story?id=121638079


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Prosecutors asked the judge for Horcasitas to be sentenced to nine and a half years in prison, but Judge Todd Lang ultimately issued a 10 and a half year sentence. Lang said he was moved by the AI-generated video.

"I loved that AI, thank you for that. As angry as you are, as justifiably angry as the family is, I heard the forgiveness," the judge said during the sentencing. "I feel that that was genuine."

Horcasitas's attorney, Jason Lamm, told ABC News that he was not given advanced notice about the video. He argued in court that Pelkey was the one who instigated the road rage incident and what the judge heard was a "kinder, more gentle" version of Pelkey.

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He said he has filed a notice of appeal for his client and that the use of the AI-generated video will likely be one of the points of contention.

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Pelkey's sister told reporters the victim's friends and family "agreed this capture was a true representation of the spirit and soul of how Chris would have thought about his own sentencing as a murder victim."

What if the convicted wanted to dispute that AI with one of his own fact checking the victimAi?? This is an unnecessary disaster about to happen.