EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Several victims of the Aug. 3, 2019 massacre expressed their rage and grief towards El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius for the last time, confronting him face to face as ...

On July 23, 2025, Alivea Goncalves addressed Bryan Kohberger, the man who pleaded guilty to killing her sister along with three other Idaho college students in 2022. Kaylee Goncalves’ sister's victim ...

An Arizona trial court judge allowed this innovative approach to presenting a victim impact statement, which seems like a useful step toward justice. Last week, the road-rage killer of an Arizona man ...

For two years, Stacey Wales kept a running list of everything she would say at the sentencing hearing for the man who killed her brother in a road rage incident in Chandler, Ariz. But when she finally ...

In what is a first in Arizona judicial history, possibly nationwide, artificial intelligence has brought a lifelike rendering of a deceased victim for an impact statement during a sentencing hearing.

Victim impact statements allow those affected by crime to detail its emotional, physical and financial shock to the court during sentencing. Its primary purposes are to assist judges in determining ...

In November 2021, in the city of Chandler, Arizona, Chris Pelkey was shot and killed by Gabriel Horcasitas in a road rage altercation. Horcasitas was tried and convicted of reckless manslaughter. When ...

A Victim Impact Statement (VIS) helps survivors of sexual grooming express how the abuse affected them emotionally, physically, and financially. It can provide emotional healing and influence ...

US prosecutors have shared over 200 victim impact statements in their case against admitted fraudster Alex Mashinsky, whose sentencing is set for May 8. US federal prosecutors have filed statements ...