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Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played

An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played at a trial.

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Stacey Wales with an enlarged photo of her brother, Christopher Pelkey. She created a video using artificial intelligence to depict her dead brother speaking at the sentencing of his killer.
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Former Nurse Convicted of Murder in Crash at 130 M.P.H. That Killed Six

Nicole Linton was found guilty of six counts of second-degree murder, which included the death of an unborn child, related to a 2022 crash in Los Angeles.

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Nicole Linton in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2022. Prosecutors said she had sped through a red light like a “high-speed missile” in 2022 and crashed into multiple vehicles.
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Ex-Sheriff’s Deputy Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Airman Roger Fortson

The airman, Roger Fortson, had answered a knock at his home in Fort Walton Beach while holding a gun, and was shot within seconds. A Florida jury cleared the former deputy, Eddie Duran.

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Airman Fortson’s mother, Chantemekki Fortson, during a news conference in June 2024. The family’s lawyer supported the decision to charge the former deputy, Eddie Duran.
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Judge Blocks Border Wall Construction in Big Bend in Texas

The ruling dealt a setback to the Trump administration’s plans for hundreds of miles of barriers that have drawn local opposition.

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A construction site for a border wall near Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park in August.
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Judge Throws Out Another Confession in Sept. 11 Case

Prosecutors have long considered the defendants’ admissions during interrogations in 2007 to be their best evidence.

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An image taken in 2007 of the detention facility at the Guantánamo Naval Station in Cuba.
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Judge in Lindsay Clancy’s Case Declines to Find Her Not Guilty After Mistrial

Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer argued this week that the state failed to present enough evidence at trial to prove she killed her three children.

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Lindsay Clancy during a court appearance in Plymouth on Tuesday.
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Mike Smith, Bubbles on ‘Trailer Park Boys,’ Has Sexual Assault Charge Dismissed

The Canadian cult comedy series announced that Mr. Smith, 54, would resume his involvement with the show.

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Mike Smith in 2014. A sexual assault charge against Mr. Smith, who plays Bubbles in the Canadian mockumentary series “Trailer Park Boys,” was dismissed on Thursday. He had pleaded not guilty.
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him.

After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.

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