Teen in 'thrill kill' case acted in self-defense, lawyer says

Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 18, never planned or even intended to kill Daniel Sorensen, but the 26-year-old bouncer from River Rouge pulled a gun on Orlewicz who fought back, his defense attorney told jurors today at the opening of the trial in Wayne County Circuit Court.

Panic followed Sorensen's death from a dozen stab wounds on Nov. 7, the lawyer said: The sawing off of his head with a hacksaw, burning his fingertips with a blowtorch in an effort to make him unidentifiable, calling a friend to help clean the murder scene, setting fire to the torso and dumping it in a vacant lot and tossing the severed head into the Rouge River.

Teen lifestyles of today -- its music, movies, video games and the Internet -- all contributed to the decision to hide the body instead of calling police, defense lawyer Joseph Niskar told the jury of 10 men and four women.

[Honor_in_Armor]

Go to this website to find more about what specific video game that allegedly influenced the defendant "JP".

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/...

EDIT.

I can't give you a direct link.

Go to http://search.cnn.com or www.cnn.com/search and search for the "In Session: Shocking testimony" video.

As a side note, please comment on what you think about the case, that is if the news gets approved!

[poopface1]

cause Im pretty sure it never came out.

This person sounds crazy.

[wAtdaFck]

He doesn't even look like someone who would do this.

And even still, the defense blames the usual ( "...music, movies, video games and the Internet..." ). Not really surprised. I guess i'm the one to prosecute next.

[ravinash]

When you take into account what this person was doing leading up to this murder....he really does sound like a nice piece of work.
They are looking for any excuse to explain their actions, games and media are the latest thing. This guy is 18 and is old enough to know the difference between right and wrong.

[LastDance]

internet...damn thats us...good one guys.

[poos3]

were are the racist /people that arer alwys on the thread about the black guy who killed his m8 ? plz tell me were are those twats now they only come when its a bad story about a black person were are they why is this story not gettting attention but when its a black face it does stupid p-people ur born to hate u dont know it

[Honor_in_Armor]

But, yeah.

He was 17 years old at the time of the homicide. He's 18 now facing life in prison. He does not look like a killer indeed. That's why his defense is that he killed Daniel by means of self-defense. But explain the multiple stab wounds (about twelve) and the decapitation? Plus, they (him and his friends) tried to get rid of the evidence and rid the bodies, both head and torso. Not to forget to mention his first act of "self-defense" was by slitting the 26 year old guy's throat. That's an assassination of a move, especially since he came from behind. He came from behind! How can that be self-defense! Also, it is quoted that Jean Pierre said, "I wish I could get away with murder," and, "I don't like Dan. Maybe I should just kill him."
If he is not guilty than, the Hitman games must be based on true stories.

[Max Power]

self defense ends when he trys to cover up the fact that he killed someone, even temporary insanity plea wouldn't last because it took time to what he did to that bod and the crime scene.

sick people in the world today

[S1nnerman]

They're just people so look normal. That's life. As for the attorney - he will try and hoodwink the jury into thinking the 'youth' of today are being subjected to outside influences and go for the sympathy vote because his client is nice and simple like that. What a crock.

[PSh1t3]

It's clear this jew-bag is lying. He's pretending he had a good excuse for stabbing a man 12 times... and that's just wrong. Where are his morals?

[tweaker]

He looks like that guy Frodo from the Lord of the Rings.

[ps360s]

but seriously now

teens these days!

[kalioon]

This wasnt self defence, it was premeditated. He even went so far as burn off fingertips, if this was self defence and he was just "so upset" he panicked, fingertip burning would be last thing on his mind.....

[sumfood4u]

Don't blame Spider~man 3 on this trial! His Self~defense is thrown out the window, tring 2 cover up a murder scene!

[Mcrmarcher]

i remember thrill kill it was like mortal kombat but u had to fight like three other guys in one room...after a while u could preform a death move etc..

[jollygoodchap8]

After the decap and attempted cover up...I'm pretty sure the courts and jury will rule in his favor...NOT.

What a psychotic idiot, I hope he gets sent to a hardcore prison for life and gets used as a currency.