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[Nom Chompsky]

The controversy surrounding Grand Theft Auto continued to rumble on yesterday, following the murder conviction of 20-year old Devin Moore in the U.S.

The Moore case seemed like a pretty clear-cut incident of a man shooting three police officers dead after he managed to grab a patrolman's firearm, but Moore's defence lawyers saw it differently.

Defence lawyers blamed Moore's actions on a combination of the effects of child abuse he had endured and the hours he had spent playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City leading up to the shootings. However, jurors were not allowed to hear the testimony linking the shootings two years ago with Rockstar's game.

Nevertheless, defence lawyer Jim Standrige told the jury that after Moore's arrest he said: "Life is a videogame; everybody has to die". Moore subsequently pleaded not guilty at the trial "by reason of mental defect".

But an unconvinced jury took just over an hour to deliberate over their guilty verdict, and Moore now faces the death penalty.

The controversy doesn't end there, though, with the victims' families having filed a civil suit against Rockstar and two unnamed retail outlets that presumably sold Moore the game.

A date has yet to be set for the civil case.

More on the continuing Grand Theft Auto witch hunt in the near future.

Source:Eurogamer

 

[thisgeek]

Ah for **** sakes!

When will those f*cking people see that it's the sick f*cker at fault who can't tell fantasy from reality, NOT the fault of the game developers.

Blame his f*cking parents, g*ddamnit.

(Sorry, this kind of cr@p just pisses me off no end)

 

[SkrewbalL]

yea, as chris rock said "What ever happened to just being CRAZY"

 

[milez_away]

perhaps this argument may hold some ground if the dude was 6. He's 20 years old for f**k sakes!!!

 

[Darth Garth]

How typical American ... let's blame somebody else for my screwups.

 

[milez_away]

the funniest thing is that this will generate alot less media that the Hot Coffee scandal. After all, violence is still better than sex.

"We can't kill americans because it's illegal... what we can do is remove all the warning labels and let the problem take care of itself"

 

[Nom Chompsky]

My question is how can the parents sue (and win the case) if the man was 18 but the game is rated mature (17+)...

 

[Darth Garth]

Well send him to Iraq ... he can "play" Counterstrike against the terrrorists .