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38. Keely Quinlan, L.A. County’s public defender uses AI to improve client management , S tate S coop , July 12, 2023, https://statescoop.com/la-county-public-defender-ai-aws/ .
39. Id.
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47. Juliana Kim, Family shows AI video of slain victim as an impact statement — possibly a legal first, N ational P ublic R adio , May 12, 2025, https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/g-s1-64640/ai-impact-statement-murder-victim . See also Sarah Martinson, AI Video Pushes Boundaries Of Victim Impact Statements, L aw 360, May 30, 2025, https://www.law360.com/ pulse/articles/2340191/ai-video-pushes-boundaries-of-victim-impact-statements (claiming that generative AI use for victim impact statements potentially poses both legal and ethical issues, and suggesting that generative AI video creation has advanced to the point where forensics examiners can’t tell the difference between real and fake videos, and AI detection tools are being rendered obsolete).
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