Cleveland's Fox 8 has a video report (not embeddable, unfortunately) - including courtroom footage - on yesterday's sentencing of Daniel Petric.
The 17-year-old was sentenced by Judge James Burge from 23 years to life in prison for the 2007 murder of his mother and wounding of his father. The incident was apparently sparked over the parents refusal to permit their son to play Halo 3.
Sleaker: @PHX Corp, I can't take a person seriously that is less frightened at the possibility of privacy issues, and more scared about controller feedback technology05/25/2013 - 11:35am
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PHX Corp: http://www.unwinnable.com/2013/05/24/trigger-warning/ Trigger Warning05/25/2013 - 6:37am
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beemoh: Unless that pic of a Kinect taped to the underside of a phone is a joke05/25/2013 - 1:58am
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beemoh: Kinect being used in prototype to stop people walking into people while texting: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-2263173105/25/2013 - 1:57am
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Cecil475: @hellfire7885 - Makes me want to support Nintendo even more.05/24/2013 - 4:49pm
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hellfire7885: Man, EA seems to be determined to destroy the Wii U ,and the evidently are so arrogant as to believe not making games for it will do that.05/24/2013 - 4:45pm
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DorthLous: Pwahahahha http://www.destructoid.com/wii-u-sales-drastically-spike-after-xbox-one-presentation-254449.phtml#LlG8HEYbQj2krql5.0105/24/2013 - 2:23pm
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james_fudge: she gets no credit until she employs some common sense. - 2 credits for her.05/24/2013 - 11:22am
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Andrew Eisen: To Stender's credit, she did unmoderate my most recent comment within a day's time. There's even a couple other replies. None from her though.05/24/2013 - 11:18am
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james_fudge: apparently gamers are all 14 - 21 years-olds living in basements according to her way of thinking...05/24/2013 - 11:11am
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ZippyDSMlee: EZK: 0_o thier video card chipset is at the very least 3 versions behind the top PC video card.......05/24/2013 - 7:38am
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MechaTama31: "You just wouldn't understand how my parenting preferences are more important than everybody else's freedoms."05/24/2013 - 7:37am
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DorthLous: I love how she plays the "I'm a parent, you're a gamer, you couldn't understand" card... I'm a parent and I find her position despicable...05/23/2013 - 4:16pm
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E. Zachary Knight: She didn't address your questions because she doesn't have any answers.05/23/2013 - 3:38pm
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Andrew Eisen: I replied to her comment. Maybe in a few weeks I'll get a reply.05/23/2013 - 3:24pm
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Thomas Riordan: @Andrew Eisen To what bowling alley does she go that puts sexual images in the faces of 6 year olds?05/23/2013 - 3:17pm
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Andrew Eisen: Well, it took a month but Linda Stender finally replied to me... and didn't address a single one of my questions. http://aswlindastender.com/2013/04/23/follow-up-video-games-and-their-effect-on-children/05/23/2013 - 3:13pm
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Imautobot: Also, from a tech perspective the PS4 is apparently already winning. http://bgr.com/2013/05/22/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4-specs/05/23/2013 - 3:12pm
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Imautobot: Sony's PS4 motto should be "We play games." Microsoft's should be "We play games, when we're not rewinding your tapes."05/23/2013 - 3:11pm
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Andrew Eisen: Oh look, Dying Light was just announced For Everything But Wii U. That's 73.05/23/2013 - 2:06pm
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Comments
Re: TV News Has Video Report on Sentencing of Teen Halo 3 ...
The Judge thought the killer thought that if he killed his parents they'd just respawn or something.
Re: TV News Has Video Report on Sentencing of Teen Halo 3 ...
The judge did something very stupid. He opened the door really really wide for an appeal. This...boy/man/retard will end up going to a mental institution or getting off because of the judges *misjudgement.
Re: TV News Has Video Report on Sentencing of Teen Halo 3 ...
Yeah I'm still not getting how a Judge can basically write in the judgement that he feels the defendant was not aware of the consequences of his actions but didn't factor mental state into the sentancing at all.
Re: TV News Has Video Report on Sentencing of Teen Halo 3 ...
But didn't they say the judge agreed with the killer when he said the video game made him do it???
Re: TV News Has Video Report on Sentencing of Teen Halo 3 ...
Justice is served. 23 to life *nods* For murdering your family, I would just say life. No parole. No anything.
Glad no one was fooled by the "video games made me do it" excuse.
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James Fletcher, member of ECA Canada
Re: TV News Has Video Report on Sentencing of Teen Halo 3 ...
No one other than the Judge who used it as a factor in determinng sentence.