Mortal Kombat Killers?
Two teens, Lamar Roberts (17) and Heather Trujillo (16) have been charged with killing Trujillo’s 7-year-old half-sister by beating her with moves allegedly imitated from the “Mortal Kombat” video game.
Colorado law carries a minimum sentence of 16 years, and many reports indicate that the teens could serve up to 48 years in prison.
Popsquire ponders…
Will a “copy cat” lawsuit against the video game company follow? This kind of case, based on negligence, typically would allege that the players were copying the activity they saw in the game and that the gaming company should have foreseen the violent effect.
I am not convinced that we can blame video games for this situation. Wanna convince me otherwise?
UPDATE: Trujillo was sentenced on July 3. Click here for details.
They were drunk, too. Is this just a ploy, since alcohol has been fully litigated as a mitigating circumstance? Do I talk legal good?
Meth killed Zoe.
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i think video games have a lot to do with the way kids act now of days but i dont think we can blame them for actions like this. this is strickly on the children but most of the parents!! if your child doesnt know the difference between right and wrong (as these kids must not have others wise they would have know that beating this little girl to death is not only wrong but sickening) you should not be letting them play with things like this. i personaly want to know where the fun cute inocent games went? what happend to mario brothers and donkey kong? i can feel a law suit trying to happen soon but i doubt it will hold… WOW!