亚利桑那州一名因路怒杀人被判刑的男子将重新接受量刑。此前上诉法院裁定，法庭播放由死者家属制作的AI合成视频属于不当行为。
An Arizona road rage killer will be resentenced after an appeals court ruled that an AI-generated video message from his dead victim was improperly aired in court.
2021年，加布里埃尔·保罗·霍卡西塔斯在红灯前与37岁的克里斯托弗·佩尔基发生争执，随后将其枪杀。陪审团认定他有罪，判处其10年监禁。
Gabriel Paul Horcasitas was found guilty by a jury of shooting and killing Christopher Pelkey, 37, during a confrontation at a red light in 2021. He was sentenced to 10 years behind bars.
然而，其辩护团队提出上诉，指出初审法官不应允许播放这段由佩尔基的姐姐参与制作的AI视频。亚利桑那州上诉法院最终采纳了这一意见，认定该视频“逾越了法律界限”，因此必须重新量刑。
But his legal team appealed, arguing that the trial judge should not have allowed an AI video, created by Pelkey's family, to be shown in court ahead of last year's sentencing. The Arizona Court of Appeals agreed, ruling that Horcasitas, 55, must be resentenced because the AI clip "crossed that line".
法院在裁决中指出：“该AI视频并非单纯记录事件或特定瞬间，而是基于受害者姐姐的想象，对受害者及其内心想法进行的艺术化呈现。”
"Rather than document an event or recording a particular moment, the AI video presents a depiction of the victim and his thoughts created from the imaginings of the victim's sister," the court of appeals wrote on Wednesday.
负责上诉事务的辩护律师克里斯汀·雷勒拒绝置评；负责受害者权益的律师杰西卡·加图索也未回应采访请求。
Horcasitas' lawyer, Kristen Reller, who filed the appeal, declined to comment. Jessica Gattuso, an attorney for victims in the case, did not respond to a request for comment.
佩尔基的姐姐斯泰西·威尔士此前向BBC透露，家人利用语音记录、影像资料及照片制作了这段AI视频。
Pelkey's sister, Stacey Wales, told the BBC last year the family had used voice recordings, videos and pictures to recreate him for the AI video.
2025年庭审时，以AI形象出现的佩尔基说道：“对于枪杀我的加布里埃尔·霍卡西塔斯而言，很遗憾我们在那天以那样的方式相遇。换作其他人生境遇，我们或许能成为朋友。”这位头戴灰色棒球帽的虚拟形象还补充道：“我始终信奉宽恕，也相信上帝会宽恕世人。”
"To Gabriel Horcasitas, the man who shot me, it is a shame we encountered each other that day in those circumstances," said the AI version of Pelkey in court in 2025. "In another life, we probably could have been friends." "I believe in forgiveness, and a God who forgives. I always have and I still do," the AI version of Pelkey - wearing a grey baseball cap - continued. At the time of the sentencing, the judge who oversaw the case, Todd Lang, seemed to appreciate the use of AI.
当初负责量刑的法官托德·朗对使用AI技术表示赞赏：“我很欣赏这段AI视频，感谢制作方。尽管家属的愤怒完全合情合理，但我真切感受到了其中的宽恕之意。”
"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."