The BBC says an AI video of a dead victim got his killer's sentence quashed.

The ruling says exactly that, with one catch: the conviction stands.

Issue 344 October 20269 receipts3 min

The BBC reports a road rage killer's sentence was quashed because an AI video of his victim was shown in court.

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The Arizona Court of Appeals vacated the manslaughter sentence because the AI video was not reliable, a depiction built from the imaginings of the victim's sister, as 12News and Fox 10 Phoenix quote the ruling on Yahoo and the AP reports on AOL. Fox 10 Phoenix reports the guilty verdict stands and a second sentencing follows. The BBC gives the term as 10 years; Fox 10 Phoenix and The Telegraph give 10.5.

The twist

The judge gave more than the 9 years prosecutors asked for, per The Telegraph on Yahoo.

10.5years in the manslaughter sentence the Arizona Court of Appeals vacated

9years of prison the prosecutor asked for at the original sentencing

10years the BBC gives for the original sentence

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Say this in tomorrow's meeting“The AI victim video ruling holds: the appeals court vacated the 10.5-year sentence over it. The manslaughter conviction stands and he will be resentenced.”

Receipts

Supports bbc.com: will be resentenced after an appeals court ruled that an AI-generated video message from his dead victim was improperly aired in court.
Supports yahoo.com: the courts have vacated his sentence, "because the AI video was not reliable."
Supports yahoo.com: the AI video presents a depiction of the victim and his thoughts created from the imaginings of the victim's sister.
Context yahoo.com: While the record does not reflect precisely how the AI video factored into the sentencing calculus, there is no question it played a role
Context aol.com: In a decision released Wednesday, the Arizona Court of Appeals concluded Gabriel Paul Horcasitas must be resentenced in the 2021 shooting death of Christopher Pelkey because the AI video wasn't reliable.
Context yahoo.com: The ruling does not overturn the guilty verdict for the 2021 road rage shooting, but it requires all parties to undergo a second sentencing process.
Context bbc.com: He was sentenced to 10 years behind bars.
Context yahoo.com: Horcasitas was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for manslaughter, and he appealed the case afterward.
Context yahoo.com: Although prosecutors asked for Horcasitas to serve nine years in prison, Judge Lang imposed the maximum sentence of 10.5 years, as Pelkey's family had requested.

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