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Defense raises claim of video game influence in Oregon murder

Posted Feb 28, 2007 at 07:17PM by Gino D. Listed in: News Tags: NBC, Oregon
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After all of the intense courtroom drama that we've had just a few days ago about video games being involved in murder cases, the situation has turned tail. A defense attorney just claimed that video games made his client "do it." But before we get into the whole mix of things, let's open the court record:

Over at Klamath Falls, Oregon, 20 year-old Patrick Morris is charged with the murder of 15 year-old Diego Aguilar, who died after being shot five times with a 12-gauge shotgun. Ouchie. The story goes that Morris was in a fit of rage and intended to kill Aguilar after finding out that the diamond he received in some drug-related exchange was, in fact, a fake. More on the legalese side of things, to quote KOBI NBC 5:

The attorney for the defense says that violent video games such as Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto may have blurred Morris' ability to distinguish reality and the consequences of his actions.


HOLD IT! After Devin Moore's murder case from a few years back, once again, GTA has been thrown into the mix. Further details of the entire case are still a bit foggy, but whatever the scenario, the on-going debate on violent video games triggering murderous actions will never end. You can't deny the fact that violent games are available in all gaming platforms. But arguing about its influence on a murder... That's something else.

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   by wow... great defense... (Unregistered) - 2007-02-28
 » wtf?
sorry but dont you think that the drugs would make him "do it"?

second how the f*ck does mortal kombat make a person kill them with a gun? its all magic, weird ways to die, and martial arts people...

   by ContrAss - 2007-02-28
 » damn
I used to live there too...they called it Klamath Balls anyways. Whatever, the guy did something wrong. And yeah, whatever.

   by vega480 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-28
 » lawer trying to make a name
this is just another lawyer trying to make a name for themselves. a drug deal gone bad? how did video games get the rap for this, thats a classic plot for a movie. why are movie studios not being blamed?

   by BlasphemyHatt (Unregistered) - 2007-02-28
 » hold up
so a guy is involved in drug trafficking and as a result kills a guy but the only thing he did wrong was play Mortal Kombat?


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   Re: Patrick (Unregistered) - 2007-03-19
 » hold up
LLLOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
ya whats up with that??
   by igasagu - 2007-02-28
 » desu
lol. I'm from Klamath Falls.

   by Koru-Kun - 2007-02-28
 » oooookkkkkkk
o_O there is a completely logic explanation for the defense attorney to claim that video games are the direct influence to this horrible event... it's called "he doesn't have anything else to defend with."

This dude distributed and used drugs, was involved with illegal activity and apparently was morally and socially disrupted. Since the case has so much against him with these other things, of course that defense attorney is saying "violent video games was the influence to do this"... because he's desperate! I'm not saying he's correct, I'm just saying any other hired lawyer would do the same thing in their situation (getting paid is highest priority to most of them) and they have to use every resource available to try to get their client the least harsh verdict, if not proven innocence. I'm surprised he's not saying that the "internet video violence submissions on YouTube.com and other websites was a major influence". >_>

   by THE_BBBBIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ (Unregistered) - 2007-03-19
 » LOL
So the're tryin to say that a 20 year old guy played Mortal Combat, and because of that he went and shot a guy?? Why won't they blame the f*uckin drugs that the guy was trafficking?? Ok even if the game "Mortal Combat" influenced him to go beat kill someone he wouldn't do it with a gun cuz in Mortal Combat you kill with Martial arts s*it and magic.


   Re: Patrick (Unregistered) - 2007-03-19
 » LOL
What does "beat kill" mean??


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