Jack Thompson found guilty
In rather anti-climactic fashion, the Florida Supreme Court found video game agitator and lawyer
Jack Thompson guilty on 27 of 31 charges of professional misconduct. Thompson has made it his life's work to stop the distribution of violent video games, and has earned the hatred of many gamers who value free speech and abhor censorship. His personal crusade against developer
Rockstar Games and its flagship franchise
Grand Theft Auto, drove Thompson to cross the lines of decency and legality on countless occasions. Those transgressions finally caught up with him yesterday.
Among the Florida Bar offenses for which Judge Tunis has recommended a guilty verdict:
* Knowingly making a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal
* Knowingly disobeying an obligation under the rules of a tribunal
* Communicating the merits of the case with a judge before whom the proceeding is pending
* Using means that have no purpose other than to embarrass, delay or burden a third person
* Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation
* Engaging in conduct in connection with the practice of law that is prejudicial to the administration of justice, including to knowingly or through callous indifference disparage or humiliate litigants or other lawyers
* Making statements that the lawyer knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to the truth or falsity concerning the qualifications or integrity of a judge
Next step is the sentencing, but at the very least we have to believe he will be disbarred. Finally, justice will be served!
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