34-year-old Ian Huntley, who was convicted of the murders of two young girls in England, is apparently spending his evenings doing something you probably do as well -- he's playing Wii. In an effort to keep Huntley alive (he's attempted suicide multiple times), The People reports that Huntley has a Wii, as well as other luxuries, in his cell to keep him happy. Huntley had a GameCube, but complained that Nintendo's last console was out of date, and asked for months for a Wii. He even gets to enjoy a little multiplayer -- prison guards have been ordered to play along. As we figure visits to the ol' exercise yard are out, since Huntley's been attacked by other inmates before -- we can't help but wonder if he won't start pestering them for Wii Fit next.
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9-08-2008 @ 1:56PM
ChunkyB said...
This is ridiculous. Why not let him kill himself? He should get the chair anyways, so let him kill himself, and then there's no blood on their hands. This is a joke.
No, honestly, is this a joke?
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9-08-2008 @ 3:14PM
psychedelicpaintbrush said...
No, someone's tax dollars really did buy a convicted murderer a Wii in order to prevent his suicide. F*** the system and everything it stands for.
9-08-2008 @ 1:57PM
Nigeria said...
The People is a terrible newspaper. Even in tabloid circles the rag is hardly respected. I think the source is as trustworthy as a posting from 4chan, or something.
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9-08-2008 @ 2:16PM
Hardy said...
This doesn't surprize me. Criminals are treater better then law abiding citizens in our current society because they're all "victims".
However if I was in charge he'd be dead. That man took the lives of 2 girls.
Why should he be able to do what they could've been doing, like playing Wii and LIVING.
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9-08-2008 @ 2:23PM
Waffala said...
Did they have a picture of his Mii? Did he find a way to give it bloodstained hands?
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9-08-2008 @ 2:27PM
B said...
I want to go to jail =/
I get to bitch about having a last-gen console AND get a new one.
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9-08-2008 @ 3:13PM
CJLopez said...
Man, 2 girls, 'll 17 and let see if they give me a PS3 and a 360 with lotsa games to play in jail and keep me occupied
Really, i'm wondering what the parents has to say about this
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9-08-2008 @ 3:14PM
vidGuy said...
The linked article is incredibly biased, is riddled with inaccuracies, and uses language that no real, respected journalist would use. It reads like it was scribbled on a note passed by an illiterate 3rd grader.
While it is certainly ridiculous that prisoners in some areas get to enjoy video games, I am appalled that commenters here would encourage his suicide. Prisons are required to support the health and safety of all prisoners. The last thing you want is a prison staffed by guards who allow assault, battery, suicide, and murder in their prisons.
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9-08-2008 @ 3:38PM
James Egan said...
They should just let him play "5 minutes to kill (yourself)" at adult swim:
http://www.adultswim.com/games/game/index.html?game=fiveMinutes
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9-08-2008 @ 5:20PM
grp110nyr said...
This is a joke. He kills two little girls who never had a chance to grow up and experience life and destroys a family and he gets a prison sentence oh and a Wii to keep him busy. Let me guess they probably feel so bad for him that he gets to play Manhunt on the Wii. I hope to read a story that he accidentally bludgeons himself with a Wii-mote while playing. I only hope this story is false.
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9-08-2008 @ 5:28PM
Ethan said...
I'm fine with that.
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9-08-2008 @ 9:37PM
IndigoFire said...
Maybe they plan to torture him with shovelware. Popcorn Arcade comes to mind.
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9-09-2008 @ 7:02AM
meist3r said...
Reads like satire to me:
Huntley - Prisoner JG5778 - enjoys his cushy life in a private room within the health-care wing of the maximum-security jail.
cushy life - one shower a week, anal rape
Private room - Solitary confinement
Health-Care - Needs renovation
Maximum-Security jail - daily rape
He can wear his own choice of designer clothes and has three meals a day brought to his cell.
choice - size
designer clothes - Dolce & Gabbana "Le Jump" (suit)
three meals a day - two of which are the same stale bread and canned vegetables
brought to his cell - shoved through a hatch and picked from the floor
"He lives in luxury - yet the parents of Holly and Jessica are living
a nightmare."
Solitary confinement with a TV and CD player is not exactly luxurious and I would bet there's not even enough room to play Wii Tennis properly, devilish.
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