With the help of artificial intelligence, a man was 'brought back to life' at his killer's sentencing to deliver a victim's statement himself.

In a first-of-its-kind sentencing, the family of Christopher Pelkey used AI to re-create his voice and image for a victim impact statement. Legal and AI scholars warn the emotional power of such ...

An AI-generated version of a deceased victim was allowed to speak in front of an Arizona judge, marking a likely first for the nation.

Stacey Wales spent two years working on the victim impact statement she planned to give in court after her brother was shot to death in a 2021 road rage incident. But even after all that time, Wales ...

“In another life, we probably could have been friends," a digital version of Christopher Pelkey said to his killer, Gabriel Horcasitas, in an Arizona courtroom Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at ...

The voice sounded a lot like Chris Pelkey, a 37-year-old U.S. Army veteran fatally shot more than three years ago during a road-rage attack in Chandler, Arizona. But it wasn't actually Pelkey.

“Even though that's what you wanted, you allowed Chris to speak from ... committee and a law professor at Arizona State University, said he understands why Pelkey’s family did it.

Pelkey’s digital resurrection ... to his Facebook page or looks him up on YouTube, they will hear Chris’s love.” Arizona Chief Justice Ann Timmer said she is excited about the potential ...

at least in Arizona — tool for sharing information with the court outside the evidentiary phases. Stacey Wales, sister of the late Christopher Pelkey, displays her brother's image at her mother ...