On Saturday March 31st, 2014 in
two girls stabbed a girl of the same age after luring her into the woods and
stabbing her a number of times; 19 to be exact. The victim manages to drag her
body out to a road sidewalk where a cyclist found her, called 911 and was
rushed to the hospital, dangerously close to death. Their motives claimed to be
to satisfy the fictional character, Slender Man who often lured his victims
into the woods who often targets children. When put on trial they said that
their motives were to impress the believed to be true, Slender Man by
committing an act for him to prove that they were worthy. During the case
trials it was brought up that the creator of Slender Man, Eric Knudsen should
be held accountable for the attack as he is the one who created the fictional character
in the first place.
The two girls charged as adults
for attempted murder
The answer was a hard no as
that directly violates his first amendment principles of free speech. In this
case there was no proof whatsoever that Knudsen intended for this type of
action to ever occur in real life. Another reason Knudsen could not be
convicted is because this is something out of the norm. The Huffington Post
states, "out of the many thousands and thousands of people who follow
Slender Man, we know of only two girls who allegedly committed a violent act.
In brief, it simply is not at all likely that any fan of Slender Man will
commit violence because of him." In conclusion, there is no possible way
Eric Knudsen could be held accountable for his creation as it was never his
intention for this horrible crime to be committed.
To read more about how the Slender
Man induced murder is not in violation of the creators first amendment rights,
click here
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