Light sentences for the couple who played online games while their baby starved

[Liberal_in_LA]

Jail for couple whose baby died while they raised online child

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- A couple whose baby starved to death while they raised a virtual child in an online fantasy game was sentenced Friday, their defense attorney said.

Prosecutors at Suwon District Court had sought a five-year sentence for negligent homicide, but the court handed out a two-year sentence.

Sentence was suspended for the female defendant, Kim Yun-jeong, 25, who is expecting the couple's daughter in August. Her partner, Kim Jae-beom, 41, will serve two years.

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Three-month-old Kim Sa-rang died of malnutrition in September while her parents were engaged in 12-hour sessions of Prius Online. In the 3-D fantasy game, players nurture an online girl who gains magical powers as she grows.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/south.korea.virtual.baby/index.html?hpt=T2

[flvegan]

1. Oh good. They're having another child.

:eyes:

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Yeah, and no jail for her because they are having another child

[hlthe2b]

3. Perhaps they'd learn more from a stint in a NORTH Korean prison

:mad:

[metapunditedgy]

4. That's more jail time than any BP execs will ever see.

Sad, though.