GTA-made-'em-do-it 'Nut Cases' gang leader sentenced

via joystiq

The alleged leader of Oakland street gang the Nut Cases was sentenced to 75 years to life by Alameda County Superior Court on Friday. Gregory Colbert and five others, who entertained a puzzling fixation with Planters' Mr. Peanut and enjoyed hazy sessions of Grand Theft Auto III, have been linked to a series of murders and armed robberies that terrorized Oakland in late 2002, and lasted until the Nut Cases were rounded up in January 2003.

San Francisco Chronicle's continued coverage of the case suggests that the Nut Cases imitated the violent acts they'd repeatedly carried out in the virtual world of GTAIII. It's unclear if this "explanation" was offered up during the trial by the defense. But, if GTA could actually induce violent sociopathic behavior, then we'd have a worldwide crisis on our hands. We're talkin', like, tens of millions of Nut Cases!

these people r so frikin dumb.
whoo im gonna play a spiderman game then go jump off a building and try to shoot webs out of my hand.

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Originally Posted by Buddy4point0

whoo im gonna play a spiderman game then go jump off a building and try to shoot webs out of my hand.

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::mad: That doesnt work? :eek:

Anyway, there the sort of people who make people think badly of games.

This is stupid. I mean I'm glad they caught the dude, but GTA making him do it...retarded. I bet Jack Thompsons behind it.

load of crap. He might've just been trying to get out of a sentence by pleading insanity.

yea pleading that the video game made him do it is just dumb. its not gonna help him, and it is gonna hurt us.

Does that mean that after a session of StarWars, I don't have Jedi mind powers???:eek:
Lets try it
"You will.. +rep me"

Oh well. Nice try:thumbup:

omg this is just stupid!?

I think they blame GTA as it is POSSIBLE to imitate the actions in that game, hence very possible it could have influenced them.

Note POSSIBLE. Shooting web isn't possible. Killing people is.

GTA = -£40
Armed Robery = + £7,000
75 years inprisonment = Priceless.