His disbarment had previously been recommended by Judge Tunis (a judge appointed as a "referee" to see if the accusations against him had merit). Now the Florida Supreme Court has reviewed Judge Tuni's findings and ruled that Jack Thompson is to be disbarred no later than thirty days from now:



"The Court concludes that the facts, as even more extensively detailed in the referee's report, support the referee's numerous recommendations as to guilt. The referee cited various cases indicating that disbarment is an appropriate sanction and recommended permanent disbarment because "[r]espondent has repeatedly stated in these proceedings that he will not change his conduct" and she "finds no evidence whatsoever to indicate that [r]espondent is amenable to rehabilitation, or even remotely appreciates the basis upon which a need or purpose for such rehabilitation is warranted." Indeed, as noted by the referee: Respondent has repeatedly failed to follow the appropriate rules and orders throughout these disciplinary proceedings as evidenced by the granting of the Bar's Motion for Sanctions and the Supreme Court of Florida's orders of February 19, 2008 and March 20, 2008, wherein the Court found that [r]espondent "abused the legal system by submitting numerous, frivolous and inappropriate filings," despite being warned not to do so. In fact, the referee reported that respondent walked out of her courtroom at the final hearing in this matter because she would not allow him to "to turn the [d]isciplinary proceeding into a press conference." Based on the record before it, the Court agrees that respondent is not amenable to rehabilitation. Further, the Court approves the referee's recommendation that permanent disbarment is the appropriate sanction.

The Court approves the corrected referee's report and John Bruce Thompson is permanently disbarred, effective thirty days from the date of this order so that respondent can close out his practice and protect the interests of existing clients. If respondent notifies the Court in writing that he is no longer practicing and does not need the thirty days to protect existing clients, this Court will enter an order making the permanent disbarment effective immediately. Respondent shall accept no new business from the date this order is filed. Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300, for recovery of costs from John Bruce Thompson in the amount of $43,675.35, for which sum let execution issue."

-Supreme Court of Florida

http://media.libsyn.com/media/gamepo...-disbarred.pdf

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/25/disbarred

http://kotaku.com/5054772/jack-thompson-disbarred

Technically he can still appeal, but he needs someone with "good standing" with the courts (i.e. not him) to do so on his behalf, which would be difficult to find in itself let alone win the appeal.

And why should i care?

He had a good message and a good cause, pity the troubled youth will continue to play violent video games and fornicate freely. People hate restrictions... even if they are for the better good...

I don't get it. Are you unaware of who this man is? If you know of him, then as a gamer, why shouldn't you care at least a little?

Great news to the free world at large.

Dava Tunis has many free beers coming her way, I think.

I hope disbarred means he was castrated and skinned, then thrown into a pit of salt. Any lesser punishment is too kind. (Who says gamers are violent?)

And he was fined 46 grand

I don't give a fuck if you care or not.

Awesome!