Althouse: "A Texas father who discovered a man raping his five-year-old daughter and beat him to death with his bare hands will not be charged with homicide under state law."

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"A Texas father who discovered a man raping his five-year-old daughter and beat him to death with his bare hands will not be charged with homicide under state law."

"Under Texas state law, deadly force is authorized and indeed, justified in order to stop an aggravated sexual assault and coupled with the fact that the harrowing 911 calls made by the father back claims he even tried to save the pedophile's life led to the grand jury's decision."

२१ टिप्पण्या:

Gahrie म्हणाले...: Charge him? I'd be voting to give him the keys to the city.; ३/९/१३, १:५२ PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent म्हणाले...: Brutal vigilante justice? Maybe.Also absolutely the right (and truly civilized) thing to do.; ३/९/१३, २:४७ PM
MadisonMan म्हणाले...: Every man with a daughter sympathizes with the Texas father. What a nightmare to live through.; ३/९/१३, २:५२ PM
YoungHegelian म्हणाले...: Read the comments at the article. It's really interesting how the British commenters are almost all supportive of the Texas finding (9 out of 10, as of 4:00PM EDT).

I would not have thought that.; ३/९/१३, ३:०१ PM
n.n म्हणाले...: Was it rape or rape-rape?

Under the circumstances, I think that I would respond with exactly the same application of deadly force.; ३/९/१३, ३:२७ PM
Robert Cook म्हणाले...: I can't really object. Aside from any discussion of the pros and cons of the death penalty, it's entirely understandable and believable that a parent discovering his child being raped would be so overcome with fury, shock, and horror that he would lose control of his emotions and lash out without restraint.; ३/९/१३, ३:३० PM
jimbino म्हणाले...: Bad decision. Lethal force is only justified if reasonably perceived as necessary to stop an assault.

That's why abortion is always justified: the fetus is assaulting the woman for 9 months and there is no alternative to the act.; ३/९/१३, ४:०२ PM
अनामित म्हणाले...: Charge him?

It would be pitchforks, torches, tar and feathers for any DA stupid enough to try him.

This DA was smart enough to dump it on the GJ...; ३/९/१३, ४:०५ PM
cubanbob म्हणाले...: Why was charging him even under consideration?; ३/९/१३, ४:३७ PM
joethefatman म्हणाले...: I would have never called 911. The rapist would have been fertilizing a field.; ३/९/१३, ४:४९ PM
Amy म्हणाले...: It is a little known fact that you can be liable for violence against someone committing a crime. People often say how they'd shoot anyone breaking into their houses, where in reality, in most states, the laws allowing you to do so are extremely restrictive. There was just a case here of a storeowner who was in his closed-down store cleaning up from a burglary, when the burglars returned, breaking in to steal some more. He shot them, and is facing 7 years in prison on a variety of charges.
>Link here if anyone is interested: http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013308280028

Safest place to protect yourself or your family or property, definitely TX. East coast, not so much.; ३/९/१३, ४:५२ PM
American Liberal Elite म्हणाले...: Mike Dukakis would have done the same thing.; ३/९/१३, ५:३१ PM
Firehand म्हणाले...: Nailing the guy who's raping your daughter is 'vigilante justice'? In a pigs' ass it is. That's defending your daughter.

Which, except in some of the states that've become People's Republics, is legal.; ३/९/१३, ६:२१ PM
Oso Negro म्हणाले...: Beat him to death with his bare hands! That, by God, is a Texan.; ३/९/१३, ७:२२ PM
Paul म्हणाले...: Caught raping my young daughter?

Molest my daughter in front of me and I'd, whew... Let's just say even Rambo couldn't stop me from doing a series of vicious deeds upon the rapist. And when I was finished I'd cut his head off and stick it on a poll.

And I am a peaceful man.

Now.. next question?; ३/९/१३, ९:३० PM
Æthelflæd म्हणाले...: I love my state, warts and all.; ३/९/१३, १०:०७ PM
Cargosquid म्हणाले...: There's justified homicide....and then there is "good riddance."; ३/९/१३, १०:२४ PM
Kirk Parker म्हणाले...: Amy,

I note that the state has not condescended to give the peons the details of that case yet. Absent them, who knows if the shooting was justified or not?; ४/९/१३, २:५६ AM
Larry J म्हणाले...: The father did the right thing. Being a good man, he's troubled by taking someone's life. I'd like to think that no jury in America would've convicted him had it gone to court and few DAs would've been dumb enough to press charges. I hope the father and his daughter are getting the help they need to overcome the trauma they suffered.; ४/९/१३, ८:१४ AM
ken in tx म्हणाले...: Shoot, shovel, and shut up.; ४/९/१३, १:३३ PM
Dr.D म्हणाले...: Kirk, from all we have read, it was a case of beating him to death with bare hands, not a shooting at all.

I'm proud to be a Texan. Our ways are simple and effective.; ४/९/१३, ७:५६ PM