‘I Believe in Forgiveness’: First AI Victim Statement Stirs Courtroom Debate

For the first time in US legal history, a murder victim’s impact statement was delivered in court using AI, igniting debate over emotion and ethics.
An AI-generated video of Christopher Pelkey, a road rage victim, expressed forgiveness during the sentencing of his killer. Stacey Wales, Pelkey’s sister, created the AI video after struggling to write a traditional statement, hoping it would reflect what her brother might have said if he were alive. The video drew mixed reactions, with