Tavon+Pickens+4b

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 * My court case is about a teen ager named Daniel Petric who killed his mother and failed at killing his father. This all happened because as a punishment his parent took away his X-Box game, "Halo 3". In his house he found out where his game was and went to retrieve it, and when he did he also found his dads 9mm hangun which he used to kill his mother. He got the game and went to his parents room and said to them, " close your eyes, I have a suprise for you". He then shot his mother and father, but his father survived and later came to his court dates.
 * Daniels attorney tried to argue that his actions were to blame on the video game, and that he had become addicted to it. So when his parents took the game he decided to react in voilence as done on the game. He also said that his youth and addiction made him less irresponsible for the shooting. So basically his defense was that he was so obsessed with the game in which the players shoot aliens and monsters that he didn't think death was real.
 * The prosecutor however did not buy the story the defendant was presenting and asked that he got the maximum sentence possible. Since Petric was 16 when hes was charge for the murder and attmpted murder of his parents he could not recieve th death penalty. So instead she asked for life without parole. Her veiw was that what if someone or something else that hes was attached to or "obsessed" with mad him mad, what would happen? Would he committ another murder or what. Also that his addiction was so strong that he did not see his crime as killing his parents but as getting his game back. He was more focused on playing the game again than what he was about to do.
 * The judge agreed with the prosecutor but still gave Daniel a slight brake. he sentenced him to life with parole after 23 years instead of the maximum of life wwithout the possibility of parole.During this trail his father adressed the court and talked about how his son kept saying that he missed his mother, but there really was nonthing neither of them could do about it.
 * This case show that when a teen really wants or loves something, that they may be driven to any links to get what they want. This was also shown in the crucible when abigail mmade up lies to get the love of Jon Proctor. It also shows that although you may achieve your goal, in the process you may loose something you can never replace. I think that the ruling of the case was fair and i would have gave him more. I understand that he was "obsessed' with the game, but that never makes it ok to kill someone; especially some one who helped bring you into this world. If he had been adult aged the trail probably would have ended much different because as an adult he would have been able to recieve the death penalty and i feel that the judge would have made that the sentence instead of life with parole.
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