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On June 7, 2003, seventeen year old [[Devin Moore]] (born Devin Darnell Thompson on May 15, 1985) killed police officers Arnold Strickland and James Crump, and dispatcher Leslie Mealer. Moore had been brought to a [[:wp:Fayette,_Alabama|Fayette]] police station for questioning in regards to a stolen vehicle. Moore grabbed the pistol of one of the officers and killed him, before killing a second police officer and a dispatcher before fleeing in a police car.<ref name="Moore">{{cite web | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20050307095559/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=502424 | title = Suit: Video Game Sparked Police Shootings | work = ABC News | accessdate = | accessyear = }}</ref><ref name="Moore1">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/grandtheftautovicecity/news.html?sid=6118699 | title = Grand Theft Auto sparks another lawsuit | work = GameSpot | accessdate = | accessyear =}}</ref> He was arrested several hours later in [[:wp:Mississippi|Mississippi]]. According to the Associated Press, after his recapture he said, "Life is a video game. Everybody's got to die sometime." Once in custody, Moore quickly confessed. He told detectives that he shot the men because he didn't want to go to jail.<ref>Dwyer, K. and Fiorillo, J., 2007. ''True Stories of Law & Order: SVU''. Berkley/Penguin, page 139. (ISBN-10: 0425217353)</ref> Moore faced trial in 2005 and pleaded not guilty.<ref name="Moore2">{{cite web | url = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/11/gta_not_guilty/ | title = The Register - "'Grand Theft Auto' cop killer found guilty | work = The Register | accessdate = | accessyear =}}</ref> The trial judge barred the defense from introducing evidence to the jury that Grand Theft Auto incited Moore's shooting spree. Moore's attorney, Jim Standridge, contended that Moore was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at the time of the crimes. Standridge argued that Moore had been emotionally and physically abused by his father as a child.<ref>Dwyer, K. and Fiorillo, J., 2007. ''True Stories of Law & Order: SVU''. Berkley/Penguin, page 139. (ISBN-10: 0425217353)</ref> In August 2005, Moore was convicted as charged and on October 9, 2005 he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. Jim Standridge appealed the case. | On June 7, 2003, seventeen year old [[Devin Moore]] (born Devin Darnell Thompson on May 15, 1985) killed police officers Arnold Strickland and James Crump, and dispatcher Leslie Mealer. Moore had been brought to a [[:wp:Fayette,_Alabama|Fayette]] police station for questioning in regards to a stolen vehicle. Moore grabbed the pistol of one of the officers and killed him, before killing a second police officer and a dispatcher before fleeing in a police car.<ref name="Moore">{{cite web | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20050307095559/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=502424 | title = Suit: Video Game Sparked Police Shootings | work = ABC News | accessdate = | accessyear = }}</ref><ref name="Moore1">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/grandtheftautovicecity/news.html?sid=6118699 | title = Grand Theft Auto sparks another lawsuit | work = GameSpot | accessdate = | accessyear =}}</ref> He was arrested several hours later in [[:wp:Mississippi|Mississippi]]. According to the Associated Press, after his recapture he said, "Life is a video game. Everybody's got to die sometime." Once in custody, Moore quickly confessed. He told detectives that he shot the men because he didn't want to go to jail.<ref>Dwyer, K. and Fiorillo, J., 2007. ''True Stories of Law & Order: SVU''. Berkley/Penguin, page 139. (ISBN-10: 0425217353)</ref> Moore faced trial in 2005 and pleaded not guilty.<ref name="Moore2">{{cite web | url = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/11/gta_not_guilty/ | title = The Register - "'Grand Theft Auto' cop killer found guilty | work = The Register | accessdate = | accessyear =}}</ref> The trial judge barred the defense from introducing evidence to the jury that Grand Theft Auto incited Moore's shooting spree. Moore's attorney, Jim Standridge, contended that Moore was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at the time of the crimes. Standridge argued that Moore had been emotionally and physically abused by his father as a child.<ref>Dwyer, K. and Fiorillo, J., 2007. ''True Stories of Law & Order: SVU''. Berkley/Penguin, page 139. (ISBN-10: 0425217353)</ref> In August 2005, Moore was convicted as charged and on October 9, 2005 he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. Jim Standridge appealed the case. | ||