Everybody with more than 2 brain cells knows that when you are caught red-handed or beyond reasonable doubt as being guilty of such heinous crimes , the first thing the defence lawyers do is look for a way to blame the entire episode on somebody or something else - in this case a video game , how convenient. Usually they blame and lie about the victim ( who is dead ) but of course they don't get away with that so easily when the victim of such an attack survives and is able to face them in court....not so easy to slander the living.
In the rare cases where they can't find a suitable scapegoat either in video or human form then they fall back on the next best thing " the defendant was temporarily insane but he's fine now "

Hey lets blame grand theft auto when there is no getting drunk or stoned in the game.

There is an important lesson to be learned here: ALWAYS save before the commission of a felony.

You know when I play the game I kill indiscriminately..men, woman, hell anything that moves I kill..I wish RS would through animals into the game...I have over 600 hours playing the GTA series..and I still know right from wrong...even when drunk and stoned...castration is the best thing for the bastard

I think the prosecutor is looking for another line of work considering what happened to the last person who used GTA as an excuse or a reason for criminal behavior, Mr Thompson. Hope that goes well with this prosecutor before she is put on her a$$ and fired for even suggesting such an "excuse"

Cool, I can go on a sexual rampage, but before I leave the house, must remember to leave a copy of GTA on my coffee table for the authorities to find.

Originally posted by BludRayne:

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Cool, I can go on a sexual rampage, but before I leave the house, must remember to leave a copy of GTA on my coffee table for the authorities to find.

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To add to the fun, place an empty Viagra bottle and two empty Red Bull cans along with GTA.

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The prosecutor had no reason to mention a video game other than to state her own personal opinion. Two thumbs up to the judge for casting it aside.

Oh God, why do people always reckon that video games causes violence? I can't imagine myself, or anyone, killing someone in GTA and do it in real life. If someone does do it, they're either mentally disturbed (I'm serious) or they were somehow forced to do it. Even if drunk or high, it still shouldn't be a problem.. OK, maybe it is a problem but how people criticise games (especially GTA) is really stupid.

just follow Ice-Cube's lead and say "gangster rap made me do it"

If the prosecutor is smart she will immediately stop blaming GTA for the guy's actions. Obviously she hasn't heard of Jack Thompson, the infamous crusader against violent video games, being zealous over them caused him to be disbarred.

The people who do this already have problems before they even start playing the games, so you cant really blame the games.

If anyone would have noted his actual behavior before he ever played the game,he probably would have been exactly the same, the only thing GTA did was made him think he could do it in real life, but those are the idiots that cant realize reality from game.

Great another reason for jack thompson to use in his little crusade.

Originally posted by SSSJDanny:

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...the only thing GTA did was made him think he could do it in real life, but those are the idiots that cant realize reality from game.

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Exactly, my friends and I were talking about this the other day.

Part of the reason games like this are rated "Mature" is because the ESRB believes that when you hit that age you are mature enough to handle the games contents and, in cases like GTA, tell the difference between reality and a game.

Originally posted by Leningrad:

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Great another reason for jack thompson to use in his little crusade.

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While he still can complain and try to "crusade" about stuff like this he permanently lost his attorney license a while ago for the crap he was pulling.

So, other being just a semi-loud voice against violent video games, he can't do crap in court unless he hires someone else to do it for him, and good luck with that after how he ended up.

Peace

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Originally posted by BludRayne:

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Cool, I can go on a sexual rampage, but before I leave the house, must remember to leave a copy of GTA on my coffee table for the authorities to find.

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To add to the fun, place an empty Viagra bottle and two empty Red Bull cans along with GTA.

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And a user guide for gta4 left open with circled pictures of getting drunk, stoned and sexually assaulting people.

I leave no secrets ^.^'

Sounds like a 19 year old idiot with a lot of problems. Only the fools think GTA is the problem.

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If someone is playing GTA all the time, there is probably a psychological/social problem that is rooted deeper than the game itself.

that not gta that caused that, there are to many ill people on the planet filling our jails.

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I live in ashford, kent and this is the first iv heatd of it.. pretty sad really, this happend to ALL GTA games and theres no way to stop it.