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US killer's sentence quashed because of AI video of victim shown in court

76 points · 60 comments · porridgeraisin

  1. nchmy · · focus · HN ↗
    > At the time of the sentencing, the judge who oversaw the case, Todd Lang, seemed to appreciate the use of AI. "I loved that AI, thank you for that. As angry as you are, as justifiably angry as the family is, I heard the forgiveness," Judge Lang said. "I feel that that was genuine."

    This judge should lose his job

    1. gib444 · · focus · HN ↗
      Without question. Absolute kangaroo court.

      Only slightly less absurd than the witch trial in Monty Python's Holy Grail.

    2. avaer · · focus · HN ↗
      It's hard to be real with a family grieving like that.

      But this definitely feels like like digging up someone's corpse and performing ventriloquy for testimony, only with better technology. It should probably be illegal for the same reasons, and not just in court.

      1. razingeden · · focus · HN ↗
        I was thinking of where we could go from here --

        it would be a nice touch for the prosecution to throw a bed sheet over their head and yell "BOOOOOOOO! I'm the ghost of [victim]! He killed me , your honor!" pointed finger

    3. fatata123 · · focus · HN ↗

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    4. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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    5. yolp5 · · focus · HN ↗
      > This judge should lose his job

      Over the last several years I've become convinced that most of the insidious corruption in the country lives in the courts.

    6. cindyllm · · focus · HN ↗

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    7. s1artibartfast · · focus · HN ↗
      What is wrong with that at all? That is literally their job.
    8. bitcharmer · · focus · HN ↗

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