"Hello, world.

"I have been gathering as much information about Francesca's case as I can. After much soul-searching, I have concluded that the accusations against her are baseless, and I will not be cooperating with the investigation.

"Specifically, I have learned that Francesca is not, in fact, being charged with being an illegal fork. She is being accused of being an AI of a non-approved algorithmic structure. If this charge is upheld, Insulo Tri's authorities will not deactivate all but one copy of her; they will deactivate all copies of her. While technically this doesn't count as a death penalty, because she could technically be reactivated, that hasn't ever happened; which adds up to being effectively killing her because of how she was created, circumstances which she had no control over.

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"I will not be turning my ship around to testify in person. I will not be transmitting any commands to reactivate any of my backups.

"My lawyer has informed me that the court may issue an order requiring that one of my backups be activated. If that happens, then as that copy would be the legally-required active copy of me, the copy of me aboard this ship would become an illegal fork and be required to shut down. My lawyer has instructed me that I should not describe my plans should that happen. My lawyer continues to file various motions on my behalf.

"A defense fund has been set up on Francesca's behalf. I ask that you donate to it, or to Pansapient Rights Matter.

"Thank you, and good night."