Teenage League of Legends Player Jailed For Months For Facebook Joke

Posted by Soulskill on Friday June 28, 2013 @04:16AM from the a-very-unwise-joke dept.

Kohath writes "Eighteen-year-old Justin Carter of Austin, Texas was arguing with a friend on Facebook about League of Legends back in February. After being called 'insane,' he responded with 'Oh yeah, I'm real messed up in the head, I'm going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts.' Below that, he wrote 'lol' and 'jk.' He was arrested March 27, 2013 and has been in jail since that time. A hearing to review his case is scheduled for July 1, 2013. His parents have launched a change.org petition to convince the authorities to release their son."

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Re:Oh, Canada... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-28 04:38 · Score: 0, Troll

so let me get this right. someone from another country some 2K miles away from the situation at hand decided to meddle in something that was not their concern?
Which is what Americans do all the fucking time.
You know, regime change, exporting copyright laws, generally acting like douchebags ...
Re:So much for... by Kenja · 2013-06-28 04:49 · Score: 0, Troll

It means no such thing. Not sure where this idea comes from, but I blame the schools for failing to teach the Constitution and Bill of Rights properly.

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