Texas Teen Faces Eight Years In Prison… For Making A Violent Joke During A ‘League Of Legends’ Match

This is terrible.

Back in February, Texas teen Justin Carter made an albeit stupid, violent, and disrespectful joke during a match of League of Legends, stating ‘Oh yeah, I’m real messed up in the head, I’m going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts,’  before following-up with ‘Lol, JK.’

Long story short, an individual later saw the comment, called the police, and Justin was charged with “making a terrorist threat.”

Justin Carter has been in jail since March for the comment. He just celebrated his 19th birthday behind bars, and could be facing up to eight more years in prison depending on how things go.

Justin’s father believes that Justin had no idea the implications of his words, stating: “Justin was the kind of kid who didn’t read the newspaper. He didn’t watch television. He wasn’t aware of current events. These kids, they don’t realize what they’re doing. They don’t understand the implications. They don’t understand.”

A petition to release Justin has been launched at Change.org, and currently hosts over 50’000 signatures. All of us at Geekscape implore you to take a few short minutes, and add your name to that list. We’ll keep you updated as we learn more about Justin’s absurd situation.

Source: DailyCaller