# Arizona court overturns sentence after AI-generated victim impact video

https://mins.news/en/video/91926

- CBC News, 2026-10-08 18:10 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-y9uSpt12I

> A 10-year manslaughter sentence has been overturned. The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that the defendant must be resentenced in the fatal 2021 shooting of Christopher Pelkey because an AI-generated video shown before sentencing did not reflect actual events.

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