Please agree to our privacy policy to enable news listening. (Central News Agency, Washington, May 5, Comprehensive Foreign News Report) The U.S. Supreme Court of Georgia today punished a state prosecutor, ruling that the prosecutor abused artificial intelligence (AI) tools, resulting in false and misleading case references in a murder verdict. Reuters reported that the Georgia Supreme Court banned Clayton County Assistant District Attorney Deborah Leslie from attending the Chancery for six months and ordered her to complete additional legal education on ethics, legal opinion writing and the proper use of AI. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a lower court’s 2025 order denying a murder defendant’s request for a new trial contained “multiple fictitious or misattributed case references.” Justice Benjamin Land wrote: “Citations that do not exist or that do not support the arguments cited are violations of this court’s rules and fall far short of the conduct we expect from Georgia lawyers.” State and federal courts across the country have disciplined attorneys who used generative AI tools for legal research and writing without verifying the results. The Georgia case is relatively rare and involves the use of AI by prosecutors. What caused concern was that the mistakes made by the prosecutors in using AI were repeated in the court’s opinion. Neither Leslie nor the Clayton County District Attorney’s Office immediately responded to requests for comment. Leslie previously apologized in a court filing for failing to independently verify the AI-generated citations. The case began when Hannah Payne was sentenced to life in prison plus 13 years for the murder and false imprisonment of Kenneth Herring. The Supreme Court punished the prosecutor while Paine appealed. Leslie’s false case, generated using AI, appeared in a draft order she prepared urging the trial judge to deny the request for retrial. The Georgia Supreme Court said the judge adopted much of the draft order, including fictitious quotes, in rejecting Paine’s request. A Georgia state justice urged judges today to “understand the potential use of artificial intelligence software and the potential risks and benefits” when reviewing draft orders. (Compiled by: Zhang Xiaowen) 1150506 Support Central News Agency’s choice to stand with the facts. Every donation you make is a small amount of support to protect press freedom. Download the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures and audio and video of this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.
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