Murderer's Request for D&D in Prison Denied

[JMcEntegart]

A prisoner serving life for murder in the first degree has had his request for permission to play Dungeons and Dragons denied.

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[sliem]

He should be in "The Running Man" show for taking a life.

 

[donovands]

Quote: "the prison instigated the ban amid concerns that it encouraged gang-related activity" My gang has a level 5 wizard, a lvl4 ranger and a lvl 6 Paladin. Better recognize or we will pump you full of magic missiles punk! Pure awesome.

 

[moomooman]

Wow a D&D fan in prison, I hope he has the magic "Soap of showering" +2 to saving throws versus rape

 

[Fox Montage]

My gamer-nerd sympathy kinda dissipated when I read:

Mr. Singer is currently serving a life sentence for bludgeoning his sister's boyfriend to death with a sledgehammer.

 

[CoderDunn]

Mr. Singer is currently serving a life sentence for bludgeoning his sister's boyfriend to death with a sledgehammer.

Protective Much?

 

[Guest]

"with a sledgehammer+1."

sorry I don't know how you were able to restrain yourself from writing that

 

[TwoDigital]

The point is... his attorney said it violated his client's free speech. The Constitution states that you can have your rights removed with "due process" (i.e. going to court.) Since he's in jail for murder, he apparently had his day in court and due process said it was okay to take away his "free speech."

No game for you. Beating someone to death with a hammer = bad. No experience points for you!

 

[jellico]

I'm kind of curious as to WHY he killed his sister's boyfriend. If the guy was an abusive jerk, then I kinda sympathize (I don't condone what he did, but I can't fault him for being protective).

 

[jomofro39]

I wonder if they were playing D & D when he rolled a 9 and "had" to bludgeon.

 

[Guest]

so is a sledgehammer a 2d6 weapon?

 

[buddhav1]

"i'm sorry officer, i thought it was a drow"

 

[deadlockedworld]

[citation][nom]zily[/nom]"with a sledgehammer+1."sorry I don't know how you were able to restrain yourself from writing that[/citation]

Omg i scrolled down to write this too.. hahaha

 

[distortion]

I'm sorry, but I kind of fail to see how this is tech news..

 

[Onus]

A prison inmate, having been convicted of violating the rights of another(s), implicitly gives up his own rights. He's got NONE, with a possible exception of the right to his person (i.e. if raped, the rapist should be put down like an animal); as a ward of the State, he may have rights to a minimal standard of care. Freedom of speech not included. His lawyer in this instance should face disbarrment proceedings for wasting taxpayer money and time.

 

[Maxor127]

Eh, to be fair it's pretty stupid to take away D&D materials because of "gang-related activity." Are they allowed to play any games whether board or card or anything? If so, it's a bad double standard. And I assume they're allowed to read books? Personally, if I were running a prison, I'd want to encourage people to take part in social activities or personal hobbies that don't involve killing and raping each other.

 

[buddhav1]

[citation][nom]Maxor127[/nom]Eh, to be fair it's pretty stupid to take away D&D materials because of "gang-related activity." Are they allowed to play any games whether board or card or anything? If so, it's a bad double standard. And I assume they're allowed to read books? Personally, if I were running a prison, I'd want to encourage people to take part in social activities or personal hobbies that don't involve killing and raping each other.[/citation]

more than likely, they just wanted that to be the reason to take it away if they had to explain themselves.

but, i've know people that take DnD so seriously that they'd probably kill, or at least assault, and DM that would curse their character or give them any type of actual challenge.

naturally, when i DM players like that, i make them furious, because it's so funny to see them fall to pieces over a character sheet.

 

[sliem]

Who said this is only for tech article? It's also about games. D&D is a game.

 

[bogcotton]

Will people STFU about "not a tech article" Jesus Christ.

Don't click on the link then!?

Why bitch about this kind of thing?

Do you own the site?

Is having a non tech related but also quite interesting story on a news feed some sort of crime where you come from?

 

[datawrecker]

[citation][nom]zily[/nom]"with a sledgehammer+1."sorry I don't know how you were able to restrain yourself from writing that[/citation]

You mean a +5 Unholy Burst Sledgehammer of Thunder.