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Breaking: Judge Rejects Video Game Murder Defense for Halo 3 Teen

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Despite his lawyer's claim that a supposed addiction to Halo 3 turned Daniel Petric into a killer, an Ohio judge has found the 17-year-old guilty in the 2007 slaying of his mother and wounding of his father.

As GamePolitics reported during Petric's December trial, the young man ambushed his parents after they confiscated his copy of Halo 3. After shooting both, the troubled boy tried to frame his father by placing the gun in his hand.

Petric could be sentenced to life without parole.
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sinncross - 352 days 13 hours ago
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Good, he deserves to be in prison.
Shooting your own mother and father (and killing the former) just because they didn't approve of a video game purchase is disgusting. What is this world coming to?
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Arsenic13 - 352 days 12 hours ago
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Crazy kid looks deranged. Look at his eyes. Hope he gets life. Psychos need to stay off the street.
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GiantEnemyCrab - 352 days 9 hours ago
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What a shame these mental psycho's are using video games as their scapegoat.

This kid is evil at his core with or without games.
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