Jack Thompson walks out on hearing, judge recommends lifetime disbarment.

Mars

It's sort of like Franziska Von Karma in the second game. Sure, the stuff she said doesn't really hold up to any decent amount of scrutiny, but she's got a whip and is just crazy enough to convince everyone she isn't. I could totally see JT bringing a whip into the courtroom one day and threatening the judge with it.

Really, the real reason JT's managed to hold on this long is because none of this is allowed. His colleagues are so used to everyone following the accepted standards and then this nut comes in and they're too dumbfounded to do anything. It's like a drunken frat boy crashing a MENSA convention and screaming shirtless on the food table while everyone stares silently in disbelief, security included.

darleysam

Thompson's entire argument is basically this:

PatboyX

psychotix wrote: »

PatboyX wrote: »

Your point was sort of addressed. But it really hurts to think that this guy, although insane, can't be alone. I mean, he may be the A-list of psycho attorneys but does his existence and ability to remain active in the judicial system imply that other lawyers not unlike him are out there?

I know it was, but I still feel better stating it.

Lawyers by nature are scum and predatory, most just aren't completely batshit insane.

Questionable legal ethics, suing people to push them around, filing suits you can't win but will cause havok... yeah typical legal BS and par for the course. Picking a fight with Marshals and a Judge, idiocy.

My company has landed in legal fights that it can't win, but it can make so expensive and silly it's not worth it. So I get that logic of it. But nobody picked a fight with a Judge or a Marshal...

That's what's crazy. Lawyers are known for creating a pissing contest over a comma dropped in the wrong place and what that means. And if it turns out bad bury them in paper work and hope they have the funds to deal with it. It sucks but that's life.

On the other hand, the Judge, the Marshals (and for that matter the fed's he dragged into this mess when he contacted the FBI) are not "for profit" legal professionals. You can go to jail for wasting the FBI's time, I'm not sure but I think the same applies to the US Marshals, and if not it's not an organization that any rational person would screw with.

I'm just shocked he's not in a psychward chugging valium. Contacted the feds, picked a fight with a Judge and the US Marshals, and he's not locked up? You try flipping out at a US Marshal and I'll bet your ass is locked up by the night.

The fact that the judge let it go this far is amazing. Unless she just wanted to give him enough rope to hang himself several times over.

I was just trying to start a bit of discussion on the topic of how crazy a person in a position like this could be and still maintain. And how many could potentially?

I actually have quite a few lawyer/law school friends and I have to disagree with your characterization of them.

Shadowen

DiscoZombie wrote: »

good god, this court record is one of the best things I've ever read. It really does need to be made into a movie... or a play... or a musical.

C.U.N.T.F.L.A.P.S.: A Musical Descent Into Madness; score by Trent Reznor; lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber; starring Liv Tyler as Judge Tunis and Billy Boyd as Jack Thompson.

JustinSane07

Shadowen wrote: »

DiscoZombie wrote: »

good god, this court record is one of the best things I've ever read. It really does need to be made into a movie... or a play... or a musical.

C.U.N.T.F.L.A.P.S.: A Musical Descent Into Madness; score by Trent Reznor; lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber; starring Liv Tyler as Judge Tunis and Billy Boyd as Jack Thompson.

I'll buy 10!

Oh, and as for Phoenix Wright vs. Jack Thompson...it's been done.

BTP

Mars wrote: »

It's sort of like Franziska Von Karma in the second game. Sure, the stuff she said doesn't really hold up to any decent amount of scrutiny, but she's got a whip and is just crazy enough to convince everyone she isn't. I could totally see JT bringing a whip into the courtroom one day and threatening the judge with it.

Really, the real reason JT's managed to hold on this long is because none of this is allowed. His colleagues are so used to everyone following the accepted standards and then this nut comes in and they're too dumbfounded to do anything. It's like a drunken frat boy crashing a MENSA convention and screaming shirtless on the food table while everyone stares silently in disbelief, security included.

I don't think there was ever any actual threatening, but he did bring a homemade slingshot into a courtroom. It was during the time he was trying to get Bully a restraining order days before it was released.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061011-7967.html

Thompson had previously described the game as a "Columbine simulator," but after reviewers such as our own Ben Kuchera were able to play a complete copy it became clear that the title was more about fisticuffs and schoolyard weapons rather than machine-guns and killing sprees. Not to be outdone, Thompson brought in a giant homemade slingshot to the courtroom, a move which surprised even the judge.

plufim

BTP wrote: »

Mars wrote: »

It's sort of like Franziska Von Karma in the second game. Sure, the stuff she said doesn't really hold up to any decent amount of scrutiny, but she's got a whip and is just crazy enough to convince everyone she isn't. I could totally see JT bringing a whip into the courtroom one day and threatening the judge with it.

Really, the real reason JT's managed to hold on this long is because none of this is allowed. His colleagues are so used to everyone following the accepted standards and then this nut comes in and they're too dumbfounded to do anything. It's like a drunken frat boy crashing a MENSA convention and screaming shirtless on the food table while everyone stares silently in disbelief, security included.

I don't think there was ever any actual threatening, but he did bring a homemade slingshot into a courtroom. It was during the time he was trying to get Bully a restraining order days before it was released.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061011-7967.html

Thompson had previously described the game as a "Columbine simulator," but after reviewers such as our own Ben Kuchera were able to play a complete copy it became clear that the title was more about fisticuffs and schoolyard weapons rather than machine-guns and killing sprees. Not to be outdone, Thompson brought in a giant homemade slingshot to the courtroom, a move which surprised even the judge.

Thompson has been ridiculously lucky. This alone should have gotten him hauled to jail for a few days. Smuggling a weapon into court. Really?

Sorenson

Was the judge's last name Wilson?

CoJoeTheLawyer

BTP wrote: »

Thompson had previously described the game as a "Columbine simulator," but after reviewers such as our own Ben Kuchera were able to play a complete copy it became clear that the title was more about fisticuffs and schoolyard weapons rather than machine-guns and killing sprees. Not to be outdone, Thompson brought in a giant homemade slingshot to the courtroom, a move which surprised even the judge.

This pisses me off.

If any other attorney in any other jurisdiction attempted to bring any sort of weapon into a courtroom, they would be disbarred and most likely shot out of a cannon. Jack Thompson brings a weapon into a courtroom, and everyone laughs at crazy Jack. He's received so much clemency under the Florida rules of professional conduct that it makes me sick. If I were a member of the bar down there, I would be pissed if he just gets a 10-year suspension.