Stacey Wales, sister of the late Christopher Pelkey, displays her brother's image at her mother's home, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Chandler, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) CHANDLER, Ariz.

In Arizona, it’s helped inform the public of rulings in significant cases. Stacey Wales, sister of the late Christopher Pelkey, displays her brother’s image at her mother’s home.

A slain Arizona man was resurrected in the form of an AI avatar to directly address his killer during a recent hearing for sentencing. The computer-generated avatar of Christopher Pelkey, who was ...

In what's believed to be a first in U.S. courts, Pelkey’s family used AI to create a video using his likeness to give him a voice. The AI rendering of Pelkey told the shooter during the ...

Tim Wales - Stacey Wales Stacey Wales, sister of the late Christopher Pelkey, displays her brother's image at her mother's home, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Chandler, Ariz. Matt York - AP ...

Pelkey’s sister, Stacey Wales, raised the idea of her brother speaking for himself after struggling to figure out what she would say. She wrote a script for the AI-generated video, reflecting ...

Pelkey’s sister, Stacey Wales, raised the idea of her brother speaking for himself after struggling to figure out what she would say. She wrote a script for the AI-generated video, reflecting ...

But using AI to generate victim impact statements marks a new — and legal, at least in Arizona — tool for sharing information with the court outside the evidentiary phases. Maricopa County Superior ...

Pelkey’s sister, Stacey Wales, raised the idea of her brother speaking for himself after struggling to figure out what she would say. She wrote a script for the AI-generated video, reflecting ...

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — There were dozens of statements submitted to the court by family and friends of Christopher Pelkey when it came time to sentence the man convicted of fatally shooting him ...