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From C|Net:

It was "game over" Tuesday for 20-year-old Devin Moore, who was convicted of capital murder despite his lawyers' claims that the video game "Grand Theft Auto" made him kill three small-town police officers.
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An Alabama judge barred jurors from hearing testimony linking the 2003 deadly shootings to the video game, according to The Associated Press. But a defense lawyer reminded jurors that Moore, after his arrest, told police: "Life is a video game; everybody has to die sometime," the AP reported.

The jury's verdict, which came after just one hour of deliberation, was a sort of vindication for those who believe video games have been unfairly blamed for unlawful behavior. Some bloggers were troubled, however, to learn that the victims' families have filed a civil suit against the video-game manufacturer and two stores.

 

[Stinkles]

If it gets to it, they should ban Scarface too, since that's the exact mold and role model for about 40%* of gangstas.





*84% of statistics are made up on the spot.

 

[GaimeGuy]

why are they filing a civil suit.

This is like someone trying to commit suicide by putting their car in front of a moving train, then backing out at the last minute and blaming Hollywood for it due to the events in Back to the Future 3.

:/

 

[belgurdo]

Victim's families: "Well, we couldn't trample on the Constitution, so...CASH GRAB!!!1"

 

[svenuce]

Found this this morning... thought it was relevant here:

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=753&Itemid=2

 

[Gattsu25]

Found this this morning... thought it was relevant here:

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=753&Itemid=2

Ohhhhh. Asheron's Call 2 :b

I don't think idiot politicians looking to get old grannies to vote for them will accept this since the study didn't involve a GTA game