Gaia Storyline: Trial of Ian

Trial of Ian is a community driven event to decide the fate of the NPC, Ian.

Causes
In the last event, Ian was taken away by the cops for arson at the Gambino Mansion.

Reaction
Some people after the 3rd day of the trial, hated the P-bot since the P-bot was asking questions in Ian's up to the stand:

Ian: No, but I'm ok with that. I've learned that I don't want to be in charge of so much pressure and responsibility... I... I just want to be happy. I just want to be lo-- ProsecutionBot: Sasha. Ian: S-s-sasha... ProsecutionBot: How do you feel about Sasha? Ian: Sasha?! ProsecutionBot: Yes. Sasha. And let me remind you that you are under oath here. Ian: I ... *gulp* erm ... I ... I love her. ProsecutionBot: But she doesn't love you, Ian. Ian: ... ProsecutionBot: In fact, from all of the media coverage we've seen from New Year's, it's quite obvious her heart belongs to another man ... a GAMBINO, in fact! Ian: ... ProsecutionBot: Tell me, Ian. How do you feel about that? Ian: ... ProsecutionBot: Does it anger you to know that the woman you love was taken from you by the same blood that took your family business from you? Ian: I ... ProsecutionBot: YES or NO, Ian? Does it anger you to know that all of your hopes and dreams were dashed away by the GAMBINO's?! Ian: ...yes. *sob* ProsecutionBot: And you would do ANYTHING to get back what you lost, wouldn't you? WOULDN'T YOU?! Ian: ... I ... yes. *sob* *sob*

Also, many people voted innocent since there was not enough evidence. The pill bottle, one of the clues identified as Ian's fingerprint. Some members were suspicious because a fingerprint wouldn't survive a fire and also may have been tampered. Also, the video was missing one frame and it show that Ian was running away.

Criticisms at the Trial
Some people thought the trial was a wrong thing because it did not have enough evidence to prove Ian guilty. Also the ProsecutionBot was asking questions illrevealent to the case at some times.

Also, many crticize that the diliberation period is taking more time than it needed to. The final result was annouced at February 1, 2006

Results
On Wednesday, the polls were closed and declared Ian innocent by 81% of the vote against 18% who voted guilty. There is a margin of error of +/- 1%.

Vedict and Aftermath
Ian was declared innocent to a 4 to 1 vote (see results above). While Ian was walking out the courthouse, he was shot.

Criticisms after the Trial
Some believe that the trial was rigged, since Ian has something bad happen to him even they voted innocent or guilty.

Reaction to the Aftermath
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