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    stranger: Yeah, it must have been the Halo. Nevermind that in 5 minutes of Google-ing the Petric family you'll come to find that Mark, Daniel's father, is a min... more »
    TheHeartless: I'm sorry but I believe that people are better than that. I believe, as should we all, that people are not so weak-willed that a video game could con... more »
    doubtful: The judge should be censured. There psychiatric community does not recognize an addiction to video games, and it is overstepping his limitations as a ... more »
    Billkwando: I call bullshit. If he "didn't think the deaths would be real due to his immersion in Halo 3", then there better be bloddy asscheek prints at the scen... more »
    Squaretangle: After reading through the comments, I found it curious that we, the gamers, aren't defending this kid. We're the majority that is scoffing at the sent... more »
    Islandkiwi: There's more to this story, there just has to be. Did the father speak in defense of the son? Was the child abused, or lacking mental capacity? Becaus... more »
    Heliophage: Just shoot him when he gets out. Don't worry, you'll only be gone for 20 years, you play games all the time. more »
    Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: so howcome mlg players aren't shooting up a school or something? i mean to become MLG you gotta play A LOT no? more »
    yodaddy: At least they charged him as an adult instead of a minor. Cause hed be getting out at age 23 instead of doing 23 years. more »
    Char Aznable: Clearly this kid deserves the chair. more »
    Mike Yeager: I was really hoping that by lenient sentence you meant that they just threw him in the electric chair, gave him a lethal injection, flipped the switch... more »
    MellowJade: That's a dumb defence. I mean any person is age knows that shooting a gun at a person=death of that person. Then he gets off with 20 years. Some times... more »
    Slagathorian: "Defense lawyers argued video game obsession as a motivating factor behind the killing...that Daniel didn't think the deaths would be real due to his ... more »
    Fadecy: Rival Schools for PSN/XBLA PLZ: Wow, really? This is like giving someone a shorter sentence for rape because they watched tentacle rape hentei more »
    uppitycracker: This is just going to set a standard that will gradually grow more and more lenient on cases like this. It's pathetic, and it'll probably take some ti... more »
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    Video Game Obsession Cited In Halo Shooter's Lenient Sentencing

    An Ohio judge has granted Daniel Petric a lenient sentence today, citing the teen's video game addiction to Halo 3 as a potential contributing factor in the 2007 shooting that left his mother dead. More »