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Re: Teen on trial for murder, defense takes aim at stress & video games
12/15/08 5:18 pm | #2
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What a fucken idiot.
Prosecutors at the murder trial of Daniel Petric claim the teen shot both of his parents, killing his mother, because they would not allow the 16-year-old to play Halo 3. According to the prosecution, Daniel Petric, who now stands trial at 17-years-old, was forbidden to buy the 'M' rated game Halo 3 by his parents Mark and Susan Petric. In response, the teen secretly purchased the game but was caught as he returned home prompting his parents to place the game inside of a lock box, which also contained a 9mm handgun.
Mark Petric, a minister at the Life Assembly of God in Wellington, Ohio, survived the shooting, which occurred the evening of October 20, 2007, when his daughter and her husband interrupted the horrific incident taking place. In his testimony, Mark Petric recalled Daniel sitting both him and his wife down saying, "Would you guys close your eyes. I have a surprise for you." Daniel Petric then opened fire on his parents.
Lawyers for Daniel Petric claim the teen had been under a large amount of stress due to a snowboarding accident which left him housebound for a year leaving him nothing to do but watch television and play video games. During testimony, Daniel Petric asked for his father's forgiveness and expressed his regret in the shooting which led to a heart-wrenching exchange that ended with his father exclaiming, "You're my son ... You're my boy."
Prosecutors at the murder trial of Daniel Petric claim the teen shot both of his parents, killing his mother, because they would not allow the 16-year-old to play Halo 3. According to the prosecution, Daniel Petric, who now stands trial at 17-years-old, was forbidden to buy the 'M' rated game Halo 3 by his parents Mark and Susan Petric. In response, the teen secretly purchased the game but was caught as he returned home prompting his parents to place the game inside of a lock box, which also contained a 9mm handgun.
Mark Petric, a minister at the Life Assembly of God in Wellington, Ohio, survived the shooting, which occurred the evening of October 20, 2007, when his daughter and her husband interrupted the horrific incident taking place. In his testimony, Mark Petric recalled Daniel sitting both him and his wife down saying, "Would you guys close your eyes. I have a surprise for you." Daniel Petric then opened fire on his parents.
Lawyers for Daniel Petric claim the teen had been under a large amount of stress due to a snowboarding accident which left him housebound for a year leaving him nothing to do but watch television and play video games. During testimony, Daniel Petric asked for his father's forgiveness and expressed his regret in the shooting which led to a heart-wrenching exchange that ended with his father exclaiming, "You're my son ... You're my boy."
what a moron, dudes like that give video games a bad rap. besides, if i were his father, i would have stuck his ass with a sticky grenade then ran his ass over with my warthog.
Re: Teen on trial for murder, defense takes aim at stress & video games
12/15/08 5:18 pm | #3
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Yeah I read this on kotaku today and couldn't believe it. Why is it always the HALO fanboys who go to the extremes. This is a very sad day for the surviving father. I can only imagine what he is going through.
Re: Teen on trial for murder, defense takes aim at stress & video games
12/15/08 5:43 pm | #5
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This kid is seriously disturbed and I hope he is enslaved for the remainder of his life.
Re: Teen on trial for murder, defense takes aim at stress & video games
12/15/08 8:04 pm | #7
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Halo doesn't even need to be M it should be T =P
Re: Teen on trial for murder, defense takes aim at stress & video games
12/15/08 8:25 pm | #9
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I am always amazed by the fact that both prosecution and defense are so easily able to shift culpability to an outside influence... TV, movies, games... anything so the person who pulls the trigger doesn't have to be responsible.
Blaming stress is RIDICULOUS. Firstly, everyone is stressed. Look at the economy, the job market, the war... EVERYONE is stressed. Secondly, being in your house for a year doesn't make you kill people. Go stir crazy? Sure. Homocidal? Not so much...
And how many people play Halo 3? I mean the game sold 2.4 million copies the DAY it came out. Are there 2.4 million people out there EXECUTING their parents? And that's what it is- telling your parents you have a "surprise" for them and shooting them? I'll tell you what the surprise is- your son is devil spawn.
As for the dad breaking down and calling his son "my baby boy" in the court room? What the fuck is wrong with him? I understand parental love, I love my son very much and if he did something like this I would still be his mother, I'd still love him. But I'd be DAMNED if I'd forgive him for killing my husband because he cried when he was faced with jail. It's what I say to my son when he says he's in trouble and apologizes... "Are you REALLY sorry, or are you just sorry you're being punished?" I think we all know what the answer is for this kid...
Clearly the kid is mentally unstable, and I really hope he goes in a mental hospital for the criminally insane. As much as it would be great if all murderers went to jail... When they're in jail they don't stay in as long. He'll be bounced when they need room and pick up a 15 year old selling pot to his friends... I doubt being fed cockmeat sandwiches with extra mayo for the next 20 years is going to heal his mind in anyway.
If he thinks being cooped up in the house for a year was stressful, just wait til he gets a load of the padded cell he'll spend the rest of his life in...
Blaming stress is RIDICULOUS. Firstly, everyone is stressed. Look at the economy, the job market, the war... EVERYONE is stressed. Secondly, being in your house for a year doesn't make you kill people. Go stir crazy? Sure. Homocidal? Not so much...
And how many people play Halo 3? I mean the game sold 2.4 million copies the DAY it came out. Are there 2.4 million people out there EXECUTING their parents? And that's what it is- telling your parents you have a "surprise" for them and shooting them? I'll tell you what the surprise is- your son is devil spawn.
As for the dad breaking down and calling his son "my baby boy" in the court room? What the fuck is wrong with him? I understand parental love, I love my son very much and if he did something like this I would still be his mother, I'd still love him. But I'd be DAMNED if I'd forgive him for killing my husband because he cried when he was faced with jail. It's what I say to my son when he says he's in trouble and apologizes... "Are you REALLY sorry, or are you just sorry you're being punished?" I think we all know what the answer is for this kid...
Clearly the kid is mentally unstable, and I really hope he goes in a mental hospital for the criminally insane. As much as it would be great if all murderers went to jail... When they're in jail they don't stay in as long. He'll be bounced when they need room and pick up a 15 year old selling pot to his friends... I doubt being fed cockmeat sandwiches with extra mayo for the next 20 years is going to heal his mind in anyway.
If he thinks being cooped up in the house for a year was stressful, just wait til he gets a load of the padded cell he'll spend the rest of his life in...
woohoo! they're having a special on cockmeat sandwiches in cell 16! and then shove a sticky grenade up his ass- there's your fuckin halo boy! -ahahahahahah!
Re: Teen on trial for murder, defense takes aim at stress & video games
12/15/08 8:27 pm | #10
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Well it's been a year since the tragedy so I'm sure the dad has forgiven him. Time mostly heals all wounds... sad but true.
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12/15/08 10:09 pm | #13
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Or maybe they could just ban Halo.
Re: Teen on trial for murder, defense takes aim at stress & video games
12/15/08 10:24 pm | #15
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pfft, games/gamers get blamed for EVERYTHING now..
its like "oh hey look, a murder. mustve been halo/cod/gow (usually halo)"
"omg this kid is under alot of stress, too much halo!"
"the kid shot up a school...too much halo i think"
STFU ALREADY! WE AINT DO NOTHIN! YOUR KIDS JUST A DUMB^*)* WITHNOT SELF CONTROL!!
its like "oh hey look, a murder. mustve been halo/cod/gow (usually halo)"
"omg this kid is under alot of stress, too much halo!"
"the kid shot up a school...too much halo i think"
STFU ALREADY! WE AINT DO NOTHIN! YOUR KIDS JUST A DUMB^*)* WITHNOT SELF CONTROL!!
