Sent to prison for killing paedophile who molested him

[surrey jim]

Not sure if anyone has read the story today of a chap in California who killed a paedophile. The paedophile had molested him for over 20 years. Allegedly the paedophile was only ousted after his death and until that point was a pillar of the community, Getting quite debated here whether his killer should in fact serve time or be released due to the reasons behind the killing.

IMO the vigilante justice has prevailed and I cannot see what purpose prison will have.

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[Kinky Gerbil]

You cant go around killing people no matter what, vigilante justice is not the answer.

 

[Jim D]

That's 'alleged' paedophile. If they let him get away with it the door's open for anyone to kill anyone else and then claim they were being molested.

 

[Gerbil]

Let him out. He had every reason to do it.

 

[Common as Mook]

If I had been the victim, I would have done exactly the same thing. I would however, expect to face the consequences.

The question here is would a trial and conviction be in the public interest? Yes it would because as the law stands there is no eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth and this needs to be reinforced.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

20 years you say? Surely after at least 16 of those it would cease to be paedophilia?

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Murder is murder.

Maybe this is manslaughter because of diminished responsiblilty then the sentence should be lessened. However, punishmment there must be.

 

[bhaexpress]

Bit of a quandary here, the thing is that it's his word against the deceased isn't it ? No trial, no real proof that's the problem. It's quite easy to point the finger after somebody's death.

 

[Iamapen15]

He's still a murderer. It's still against the law to commit murder.

Didn't Ghandi once say something about 'taking an eye for an eye would will leave everybody half blind'?

 

[Stoo82]

The first sentance is important:

A judge is deciding whether to free a man who shot dead the alleged paedophile who abused him for two decades

and another:

In the small town of Fort Bragg on Northern California's rugged coast, Darrell McNeill was a respected father, scout leader and estate agent. It is now claimed he was also a predatory paedophile.

Basicaly he killed a guy and his defence is that he was a peodo. Its alot of claming.

A dificult case, but murder is murder.

 

[sten_super]

He's not (now) been charged with murder, according to that article. It's voluntary manslaughter, whatever that means. A lesser charge, no doubt, and sounds about right. Being abused does not give him the right to vigilante justice, IMO.

 

[bhaexpress]

He's not (now) been charged with murder, according to that article. It's voluntary manslaughter, whatever that means. A lesser charge, no doubt, and sounds about right. Being abused does not give him the right to vigilante justice, IMO.

Which is fine as long as there is proof that his victim was a paedophile. He may very well have been certainly but without a trial who can say ?

 

[Spanish Seagulls]

OK he should submit himself to an anal examination to prove he was getting ridden by the bloke he is accusing. That should settle the question. Unless he took it that way anyway!

 

[bhaexpress]

OK he should submit himself to an anal examination to prove he was getting ridden by the bloke he is accusing. That should settle the question. Unless he took it that way anyway!

I think that might breech his constitutional rights.

 

[Alfred the greatx]

This guy must be punished for the killing.
You are innocent untill proven guilty in a court of law and the deceased never stood trial and is therefore innocent of the abuse charges.
Just imagin for a moment how the deceased family feels now, assuming the abuse claim is made up to justify a killing that took place for some other reason. Not only has their father / husband been murdered but his killer has twisted it to make people think he deserved it, and every one in town now thinks he was an abuser.
The abused should have gone to the law and faced his abuser in court.

 

[Chesney Christ]

I think its generally right that murder remains illegal in all countries. Call me old fashioned if you will.....

 

[bhaexpress]

This guy must be punished for the killing.
You are innocent untill proven guilty in a court of law and the deceased never stood trial and is therefore innocent of the abuse charges.
Just imagin for a moment how the deceased family feels now, assuming the abuse claim is made up to justify a killing that took place for some other reason. Not only has their father / husband been murdered but his killer has twisted it to make people think he deserved it, and every one in town now thinks he was an abuser.
The abused should have gone to the law and faced his abuser in court.

Exactly

 

[folkestonesgull]

He should go to prison. What if the dead guy had abused other people? - they should have been given the chance to stand up in court and ensure his crimes were recognised.

 

[Juan Albion]

There are plenty of other (legitimate) ways of dealing with someone who has abused you. So even if the guy was guilty of assaulting him, it was still murder.

 

[Billy the Fish]

If he hadn't let some dirty old man shag him up the arse in the first place then it wouldn't have come to this.