That's messed up. I hope no one uses this as evidence against video games. It would be dumb if they did. Say, hypothetically, a 10yo kid shot his 8yo brother while imitating American soldiers fighting in Iraq. Would that be a reason to shut down the US military?

It's ok. She won't be a minor when she gets out and I can give her a comforting phone call. Maybe I should be her pen pal in the meantime.

All i can say is: Epic Fail

Technically speaking, it wasn't an Epic Fail at all.

oh man..just read this on fark. so sad...

Saw this before... two wrongs don't make a right, 36 years is too long, he's going to come out worse than when he went in, plus he will be a burden to tax payers - the best bet would be execution or torture...

Honestly I'd hope that torture could be used in place of extensive jail time or execution... like removal of portions of the intestinal track without anything to numb the pain and just enough of a dosage to prevent fainting. Of course this is only the case when someone is a repeat offender and is proven guilty beyond the reason of doubt.

But 36 years is worse than torture; it's hopelessness. That boy has no hope left, unless he can get good behavior or appeal.

The girl should of been tried as an adult and again torture or permanent disfigurement would be applied. She didn't get off light but in perspective she got a slap on the wrist compared to him.

@noname, it probably had more to do with a good public defender than anything else, the boy could of gotten off near scott free if he had pleaded temporary insanity, intoxication and video games could of lead to a kind of high that would be unforseeable, it wouldn't be premeditated due to the time it took for the act to be commited, no time to consider what was being done. Instead they seemed to go for neglicant homicide and harming a minor then out of concience I'm guessing they pleaded guilty to avoid a harsher sentance... The dumbass probably pleaded guilty to save his girl friend... It's not my case though so I really am just taking shots at the dark.

unless they specifically did a fatality move I doubt mortal kombat had any real impact on their decision to do this.

They are hearthless alright.
He didn't even get off a Fatality, what a noob.

The guy is gonna miss a lot of mortal kombat games in 36 years.The girl has to live the rest of her life knowing that she killed her little sister. I hope these 2 get sent to hell for eternity while the king of the underworld makes them suffer painfully by ripping their anuses and putting loads of papricka and salt in their wounds. Then they should have parts of their bodies ripped off and get run over by a tank and survive to feel more pain.

man, those guys look like they could be any of the idiots I play games with everyday. crazy.