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4. "The Matrix Defense" Is An Actual Legal Term
At some point or another vast numbers of us have felt like were living in the Matrix. Whether its feeling disconnected from the world or just that all is not what it seems, The Matrixs questioning of the world around us is something we cam all sympathize with. However, some people took this notion a little too far. In fact, a few people have claimed - in court, after committing heinous crimes - that they believe that reality is nothing more than a computer simulation. In 2002, Hamilton, Ohio resident Tonda Lynn Ansley was found not guilty by reason of insanity after claiming she thought her landlord was part of a conspiracy to brainwash and kill her. Ansley shot the woman several times in the head. "They commit a lot of crimes in 'The Matrix,'" Ansley allegedly told police. "That's where you go to sleep at night and they drug you and take you somewhere else and then they bring you back and put you in bed and, when you wake up, you think that it's a bad dream" Several others would attempt the same defense over the course of the next decade to varying results.
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