The issue with presenting a fictional video is that it can influence in a way or another the final decision and it can also create a precedent.
If someone wants to watch fiction, it can do it in a more appropriate place and not in a court of law.
If someone wants to watch fiction, it can do it in a more appropriate place and not in a court of law.
Family can read fictional poems, personal thoughts, videos or photo montages. They can put up a picture of the deceased, and make statements like if "Bob was here, he would say x, y, and z"
The point is to influence the sentence.
Provided that the family was very clear this was not historic video, and I think it was, then one can see how this isn't obviously out of bounds