Dustin Lynch

Dustin Lynch
Penalty	Life in prison without parole
Status	Living
Parents	Jerrilyn Thomas

Dustin Lynch is a criminal from Ohio who sparked a large controversy over the video game Grand Theft Auto III when he committed one act of first degree murder, killing JoLynn Mishne on November 2, 2002. Lynch was to be represented by lawyer Jack Thompson, claiming that he was 'obsessed' with GTA III. Lynch was 15 at the time of the crime and 16 by the time his case came to trial. Thompson, who had advised the Mishne family had wanted to represent Lynch but would, according to Medina County Prosecutor Dean Holman, be faced with deeply conflicting interests if he were to represent Dustin Lynch. Lynch himself eventually rejected Thompson’s offer, withdrawing his insanity plea. Lynch’s mother, Jerrilyn Thomas, who previously demanded that judge Christopher Collier appoint Thompson to defend her son, said she changed her mind after visiting with her boy in jail, saying, "It has nothing to do with video games or Paxil, and my son’s no murderer".

External links

• Kill Me Twice - Cleveland Scene
• Stick to the Subject - Cleveland Scene
• List of some of the cases of homicides and attempted homicides that have occurred when suspects were on SSRI, SNRI & other antidepressants, ADHD stimulants

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