{"id":386321,"date":"2026-10-09T16:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-court-throws-out-killers-sentence-due-to-victims-ai-video-shown-in-court\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:00:33","slug":"us-court-throws-out-killers-sentence-due-to-victims-ai-video-shown-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-court-throws-out-killers-sentence-due-to-victims-ai-video-shown-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"US court throws out killer\u2019s sentence due to victim\u2019s AI video shown in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/LnKbWytZN_0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US court throws out killer\u2019s sentence due to victim\u2019s AI video shown in court\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LnKbWytZN_0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>An appeals court in Arizona has thrown out a 10-year prison sentence for a road rage killer after an AI video of the victim was shown in court last year during sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Paul Horcasitas was found guilty of shooting and killing Christopher Pelkey at a red light in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>An AI-generated video created by Pelkey&#8217;s family and addressed to Mr Horcasitas was shown in court during sentencing, in what is believed to be a first for the US.<\/p>\n<p>The sentencing judge at Maricopa County Superior Court praised the video at the time but the appeals court noted that it posed a novel legal issue. #artificialintelligence #AI<br \/>\n#court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An appeals court in Arizona has thrown out a 10-year prison sentence for a road rage killer after an AI video of the victim was shown in court last year during sentencing. 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