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Acquittal in Drunken Homicide via GTA
The Wisconsin State Journal has the news of an acquittal in a drunken homicide charge against a Madison-area 30 year old. The defendant admitted to being intoxicated before the crash that killed his passenger. The jury found him innocent after he presented his defense: the passenger caused the crash by forcing him to attempt a manuever they'd done in Grand Theft Auto. "In an emotional testimony on Thursday, DeMeo said that Alexander had put his hand on DeMeo's knee and made him push the accelerator down hard, then grabbed the emergency brake and sent the car into a skid. DeMeo said that Alexander was trying to perform a maneuver that both had done in a video game, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, that they played regularly."
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When the defendent was further questioned about why he would even attempt a stunt from a videogame, he responded, "I was so sure that sv_cheats was enabled."
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Otherwise, I wonder that as games become more physically realistic, will more accidents result as more people try to pull crazy stunts they've done in video games?
Whenever I get drunk, I get the urge to pick up a hooker, use her services' and the proceed to run her over and take my cash back.
I also occasionally hide in the shadows and blackjack people who walk by. I think I may have a problem.
I really hate to be cruel , but this is what natural selection is all about..
The prosecution said, and I assume no evidence was introduced to show otherwise, that there was no evidence that the EB had been pulled. Most strange, the passenger was found "moments later" with fatal head and heart injuries, with his hands in his pockets. The defence argues that he put them in his pockets to keep warm. Not likely. With a blood alcohol level of .16, if your passenger dies, your guilty of something.
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The charge should be based on the fact that he decided to pilot the vehical whilst intoxicated and in so doing so caused the death . .
The defense to me really sounds rather implausable, I mean the passenger must of been half way laying across the middle of the car to do that , and this could have been checked with forensics
Well i guess he is lucky i was not on the jury.
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I think this puts the Chewbacca defense to shame.
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"Otherwise, I wonder that as games become more physically realistic, will more accidents result as more people try to pull crazy stunts they've done in video games?"
There's a flip-side to think about. In GTA, dumb-ass pedestrians sometimes walk right out in front of you. Hit them, and the cops chase you. After some time with that game, I became more aware of pedestrians at crosswalks. I now watch what they're doing more intently before going around a corner, for example.
No, it's not like I was running around mowing down peds before. I just mean that I drive more cautiously.
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Before everybody sneers at contorted lawyers logic, note that "GTA confusion" was not the defense of the guy on trial. His defense was that his passenger interfered with his driving. Supposedly he did so while drunkenly imitating a GTA move, but his reasons for doing what he did was not relevent, since his guilt or innocence was not at issue.
The defendant in this case represented himself after watching an episode of Law and Order. The defendant refused to comment on his future plans, but there are reports that he's been watching episodes of the Six Million Dollar Man.
What's next? A man open fires and claims that he does it in videogames all the time? If you don't know the difference between real life and a video game then you shouldn't by playing!
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What if he decided to emulate Rampage instead? Going around punching buildings and eating whatever he finds(be it people, hot dogs, or electric signs)
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Not it at all. They weren't saying it wasn't his fault because he did the move in GTA, they were saying it was his dead friend's fault, because he took control of the car. Supposedly.
Pity there wasn't a black box installed in the vehicle that could tell
1) Speed
2) Pedal position
3) Brake position
4) Parking break
5) Steering wheel manuvers for 5 seconds.
Think how much easier this would be.
Give yourself a sporting chance at least.. instructions for handbrake turns.
You might also be wise to try it on a disused airfield or something. And without a drunk passenger. And without being drunk.