Grand Theft Auto Killings

The lawsuit concerning a young boy who shot two police officers and a dispatcher; tries to prove the manufacture of the game along with the stores are to blame. The young man was sixteen at the time of purchasing Grand Theft Auto from a his local stores. The game is rated M which means no one under the age of 17 is legally able to purchase it. According to the parents the boy played the game nonstop and was brain washed by its violent content. The boy was brought in for driving a stolen vehicle to the police station where he murdered three men. I believe that the stores are liable in the response of them allowing a 16 year old to purchase the game. It’s hard to prove that the violent content of the game had anything to do with the boys random demonic actions. To me it comes down to poor parenting. The parents should have monitored what their son was playing. If they could have at least spend some more time with him and taught him Morales he could still have a life. Instead they want to point the finger on someone else because it’s too hard to just say we should have been better parents. I think the store is at fault for selling the game but not for murder. The manufacture of the game did their part on protecting themselves by putting a M rated stick on their games.

My response to Barnhurst Design blog

I read Barnhurst Design blog on what she thought about lawyers. I have to agree with the comment that some lawyers are only in it for the money. Also some lawyers would still take a case that they believe there client is guilty and try hard to prove they aren’t. With my own experience I wrote on my blog about my cousin who had one of those lawyers who knew he was guilty but because my cousin paid well got him off on lesser charges. I don’t think all lawyers are like this but majority of them do seem to be just in it for the money. I’m pretty sure allot of them do have ties with the bigwigs and use it to help their clients. So all in all lawyers are snack if you’re being sued but are saint’s if they are defending you.

Myspace Suicide

The case that involves two parents of a MySpace user who takes her own life is a clear case of defamation. The parents of a young teenager took her own life after receiving hate messages from women who impersonated a young boy. The women who sent the victim hate mail has said, that she created the account so that she could monitor what children were saying about her daughter. Apparently she meet the young victim and over the course of a few weeks became friends with her online. Apparently telling the young child he was new to town and didn’t yet have a number for her to call her on. The young child was told over and over by her parents that she shouldn’t get so involved with someone she didn’t even know. The parents explained that their child had been suffering from depression and poor self esteem. So when this new friend who was really a women came along, the child suddenly felt she had someone to talk to. The older women suddenly turned on the child sending offensive comments about her character. I believe this a example of Defamation (“the harming of a person’s reputation and good name by the communication of a false statement”, Essentials of Business Law, by Anthony L. Liuzzo pg. 45). Her statements were made on a public website that is easily seen across the world. It would also be Libel since (“libel is the spreading of damaging statements in written form-including pictures, cartoons, and effigies(likenesses)”, Essentials of Business Law, by Anthony L. Liuzzo pg. 45). It’s very sad to see that some would feel no remorse for an act like this. Legally I don’t think there is a way to directly prove that the defendant was the cause of the young ladies death. I do however believe the comments she wrote were libel and played a key role in her suicide but still cannot directly say it was the sole cause.

Why I should have gotten a lawyer

What I think about lawyers is really I don’t know that much about them. I have been in trouble with the law twice and each time I should have used a lawyer but did not. The lawyer my cousin used when he was driving down the 95 high on weed and pain killers was great. Even though my cousin hit someone and kept passing out during questioning he only got wreck less driving even though he obviously deserved a DWI. When I had my little run in with the law I did not use a lawyer and got the worst punishment. I was eighteen years old and stole a 10 t- shirt. Well because I was still living with my parents and only had one job I tried to handle it myself. So what ended up happening was I could not pay off my fines and I could not afford to attend work that was to cover the jail time since it cost 150 bucks. I was sent to serve five days in Ventura county jail. I was in shock I thought I could just go back there and work something else out with the judge but nope I had to now serve jail time. I ended up telling my parents because I could not think of a place that I would be for five days. Maybe they would have believed camping, but no I had to tell them just in case something happened to me. It started off bad since my mother insisted on dropping me off and after I was behind the metal door with all my new inmate buddies they made jokes about it saying I wish my mommy could have dropped me off. After being in a holding cell for 32 hours I got moved to my cell block. As soon as we all got in are holding area the next cell erupted with blood splatting against the windows. In the end I should have gotten a lawyer.