Man Cleared for Killing Neighbor's Burglars in Texas. Damn Right!

[Sqrl]

The Ghost of RubangB said:

steven787 said:

Kyros said:

Interfering was not wrong. Shooting them 3 times in the back with a shotgun while they were posing no threat was murder. He had no reason to shoot 3 times. He had no reason to shoot to kill. He had good reason to try to stop them, but he could have shot their legs. He wanted to kill them, just like he told the cops before he even went outside. He is a psycho and a murderer.

If it happened like it sounds (and they didn't have weapons etc.) then QFT

 

How is he supposed to know he didn't have a gun.

They were shot in the back. This means they couldn't see him. They weren't running backwards at him and shooting behind their backs.

You can't murder people based on maybes and fear.

I don't see why you'd fear somebody when their back is turned either.

This man wasn't afraid. He was psychotic and wanted to kill them. He told the cops this several times on the phone.

He basically said "It's legal to kill them so I'm gonna go do it." Which means this law is not only bullshit and allowing murders, but encouraging psychos to do so 'cuz they know they'll get away with it.

 

I just wanted to point out tha this is false legally speaking. If you fear for your life, even if you act based on incomplete information, as long as your fears are justifiable after the fact you will go free. You can debate the morals of that but that is how the system works, and it works because there is a high standard for justification.

The Ghost of RubangB said:
Sqrl,

I'm assuming they weren't armed, because the article constantly refers to it as "burglary" and not "armed burglary" or "armed robbery" and never mentions any weapons. I think the killer or the cops or anybody interviewed in that 3 page article would have definitely mentioned a weapon if there was one, because that would completely get us off this murderer's case.

 

So a person who is in the heat of an intense situation isn't allowed to act on "fears and maybes" to potentially defend his life but its perfectly ok for you to assume he is a murderer based on an assumption? Not following that logic...at all....especially since he is from Texas =P