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[Sgt. Bojo]

http://arstechnica.c...-his-law-career

Things are not looking good for Jack Thompson. His trial in Florida ended with the judge recommending he be found guilty of 27 out of 31 charges, and he's not allowed to file anything with the Florida Supreme Court without having another lawyer sign off on it. Considering the man is beginning to look like legal poison, I doubt anyone will want to cast his or her lot in with him. Thompson, however, won't go down without a fight.

GamePolitics has the details on how Thompson is trying desperately to delay the process, or make sure the final June 4 hearing doesn't happen. If you came in here expecting the crazy, you won't be disappointed. Jack Thompson has:

* Tried to subpoena 33 people, including Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick, Jeb Bush, and the judge who presided over the Bully hearings. Those subpoenas were shut down by the court
* Filed suit against the State of Florida
* Promised not to attend the upcoming hearing unless he can yet again file his own motions in the Florida Supreme Court
* Filed a motion asking for a delay of next week's hearing while he undergoes a mental exam

One assumes that either someone co-signed these motions, or Jack Thompson simply wants to be found in contempt of court. The most recent filing asking for a mental examination reads like a man buried asking for a shovel. After calling himself "wonderfully sane," he continues.

"These Bar people have whipsawed the respondent with their 'now we think he�s crazy/now we don�t want to prove it' bull long enough.... Thompson moves and demands of this referee an order mandating his mental health examination by a qualified person. He demands that the tests that be administered be the three universally recognized objective tests, which are the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the Millan test, and the other whose name escapes the undersigned presently. Amnesia may be a sign of early onset dementia. That's a joke for the humorless."

Emphasis his. He also says that Judge Tunis has "no choice" but give him what he wants. I'm guessing she would beg to differ. In the closing paragraphs, he references "the idiots at The Bar," and asks Judge Tunis to do her job "for once."

I'm guessing this flurry of crazed activity won't endear Thompson to the Florida Supreme Court or the Bar, the people whom he is effectively at the mercy of. June 4 should be a very interesting day.

[Frag0holic]

ROFL I hope they nail him to a cross and let him hang in the Florida heat for three days straight.

[poocrayon]

on any other game i would feel that someone saying they were influenced enough by a game to commit violence (GTA series) is complete bullsh*t. but in this case, bully, they were f*cking retarded for making this game. when i saw the first commercial for this game, it screamed LAWSUIT!!!