"So, we have previously submitted a full psych evaluation by Dr. Leonard Samson, whose credentials are well established. I could call Dr. Samson to the stand, but to save the court's time, let me quickly review what we'd go over, and I'll call him if the defense /really/ wants to drag this out.
There's no single agreed upon definition of sentience, because there are three major psychological boards in the world - by some defintions, highly intelligent animals like dolphins, apes and elephants are sentient. In others, advanced computers - which is obviously up for dispute. But the general definitions go that the basic requirements for sentience are:
capability to interact with other living things and your environment in a meaningful way, capability to perform basic reason and processing - math being a common test, self-awareness, and ability to learn and change behaviors based upon experience... with the last one being the primary thing up for debate. Dr. Samson would testify to most of those, but his paperwork includes all that information. I'll call him if defense wants to cross-examine... but I'll admit, to help defense, that he can only testify to the first three, not the last.
If defense doesn't want to dispute anything in his documentation, I'll proceed and call our only witness. What's it going to be, counselor?"
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