There are cases in which a murderer claims to have been "in the world of the matrix" and is innocent

byÁlex Quirós

My life is part of a reality show, and my mental illness with a delusion that the actions of myself are monitored by the camera and become a spectacle of the people, a movie published in 1998 "Truman showTake it from "Truman syndromeI call it. People who are unable to distinguish between reality and fiction are actually reported, and from the 2000 's, asserting that "it is an event in virtual reality that I committed a crime"Matrix DefenseThere is actually a murderer who is innocent and performs innocent.

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A movie released in 1999matrix"A story begins as a programmer who worked at a major software company noticed that" This world is a virtual reality created by computers ". I recorded a big hit all over the worldWachaw ski sisterAlthough it seems absurd to the plot of the film by the film, in fact it says "human beings live in computer simulation"Simulation hypotMany researchers also discuss it.

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On the other hand, there are many murderers claiming that the cause of their own crime is in the virtual world. In 2000, 27-year-old student Vadim Mieseges, who was studying computer science at San Francisco State University, killed Ella Wong, a classmate and roommate. Mr. Wong said he was abandoned in the surrounding area where he lost his body, pulled his skin off his skin and peeled off his skin.

When discovered by the police, it is said that Mieseges had a knife in his hands and was taking abnormal behavior with drugs. Then, after expelling the content which is unfathomable to the police, he lived in the virtual reality world of the matrix, he said that Mr. Wong told that he is not a real person. Ultimately the judge declared Mieseges not having legal responsibility and Mieseges was accommodated to the facility. Lieutenant Kelly Carroll who talked to Mieseges at the time "he said that he was sucked into the world of the matrix, he has gone into the mirror world and the matrix seems to be a reality for him I saw it. "

There are only one case like this in this case. In 2002, 37-year-old Tonda Lynn Ansley shot a shot a few times at the head of the owner of the room he himself borrowed and professor at the University of Miami, Sherry Lee Corbett. Ansley also told prosecutors that "the world in which people live is not real, but I am living in the world of computer simulation." Ansley insists that Mr. Corbett, the owner of the room brainwashes himself, is trying to control in the simulation world, invades into the dream and finally kills himself. Ansley says, "They have committed many sins in the matrix world, in the world after sleeping they will bring you medicine and take you somewhere, then you will return you to bed And when I awakened, you would think "I had a bad dream", he said that the murder of Corbett was self-defense. Ansley insisted on the above-mentioned contents also in court, and eventually it was innocent due to mental abnormality.


On the other hand, in the murder case that occurred in 2003, Matrix Defense was asserted in defense, but it was convicted. In this case, Joshua Cooke, who was 19 at the time, shot fathers 7 times and mothers 2 times with a shotgun, killing them. Then he called 911 to explain his crime and stood in front of the house without drinking soda without having weapons until he was waiting for the police. He seems to have talked about his crime gently without doing resistance even when caught by the police.

Cooke usually wears a trench coat that the characters came in the movie from the usual time, pasted a matrix poster around the bed, and watched the movies repeatedly. In talking with Cooke, the lawyer noticed that Cooke thinks he is living in the matrix world. But as the investigation progressed, when Cooke contacted 911, he said that "I am the death penalty", it turned out that the distinction between right and wrong was attached. And eventually Cooke was sentenced to 40 years in prison for murder.

Films that affect crime also exist outside the matrix. In a famous place, the movie published in 1976Taxi driver"I fell in love with Jodie Foster and caused the president assassination attempt to be affected by the story of the movieJohn Hinckley. Hinckley's lawyer insists that Hinckley did not distinguish between reality and fantasy in court, and as a result, Hinckley is innocent as "it is suffering from mental illness and there is no responsibility." Professor David Siegel belonging to the New England School of Law in Boston's Law School of Law said the content that the jury talks about Hinckley because the jury was easy to use in cars that appear in the movie or those associated with the movie. I think that it was easier to understand and led to believing in statements.

It is not uncommon for movie names to appear as reasons why people sinned. A violent film sometimes seems to give criminals the grounds or impulses to justify their actions, while Professor John Kennedy of the University of Cincinnati says, "This world is a substitute reality There may be people with mental illness referring to the matrix of the movie as the basis for the movie, but if the matrix were in the world, they should have found something else such as CIA or aliens. "

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In addition, the defense that "I have sinned because I can not distinguish between right and wrong because I have a mental abnormality" is basically failed, and the final success rate is 1% It is seen as being about. Even preparing various psychiatrists it is very difficult to prove defense of psychotic disorder and it is thought that matrix defense is not a prudent choice as a claim to lighten punishment in trial . However, since the idea of ​​"mental abnormality" that makes it impossible to distinguish between movies and reality fascinates people, it is no wonder that claims such as matrix defense by criminals will increase in the future.