To date, no Australian court has permitted family members to speak for the deceased victim personally and family members are generally limited to describing harms they have directly suffered.

Why a US court allowed a dead man to deliver his own victim impact statement—via an AI avatar by James D Metzger, Tyrone Kirchengast, The Conversation edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin ...

In Arizona, a judge allowed an AI avatar of a deceased crime victim to “read” an impact statement. This marked the first time a United States court had allowed an AI-generated victim to make ...