I'm obviously not suggesting for a second that is what happened. The girl was sent to hospital for examinations though, rather than treatment.
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Texas man kills pervert abusing his daughter.
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I'm obviously not suggesting for a second that is what happened. The girl was sent to hospital for examinations though, rather than treatment.
Completely agree. A jury acquitting him of murder is very different from a Sheriff deciding there are no grounds for prosecution. The legal system cannot be seen to endorse such actions, even if it is ultimately sympathetic to why he did what he did.
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Of course I f***ing have , if it was a clear cut case of murder do you think they'd be waiting around for a grand jury ?
The sheriff HASN'T 'made that call' though. Bushy has made that part up.
Yes, but he's wrong. A man lies dead after another man is suspected of beating him to death. That in itself IS a case to answer.
Edit: I'm confused. Has bushy made up that bit or not?
I don't understand your point, really I don't. You said that the 'sheriff had applied common sense in deciding the man had no case to answer'.
He's done no such thing. He's simply conducting an investigation, and presenting his findings to a judge to make that decision.
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It is a clear case of murder. The mitigation is the point.
FFS. NO, he isn't wrong, because he HASN'T actually said that at all.
Ah yes. I just read the article properly, and it says that it will ultimately be up to a grand jury to determine whether there are grounds to indict him, which seems sensible.
Manslaughter or unlawful killing, surely. 'Murder' implies pre-meditation / intent to kill.
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I havent made anything up, If it was a clear cut case of murder , the SHERIFF / DA would have charged him immediately. A grand Jury is for ambiguous cases.
Woodchip
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Nope, it would, probably, be manslaughter with diminished responsibility.
daveinprague
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Yep fair enough.....IF...the man was abusing the child... what im saying is, if there are no witnesses, and no medical evidence shows up, then you have the word of the alleged killer... and im not sure thats enough for the legal system.
I'm done with this thread now, as you are so very clearly in the wrong, that we are just going round in circles.
I never said it WAS a 'clear case of murder'. It clearly isn't as at the very least there will be a strong mitigation based argument in the man's defense.
But the simple fact is, the SHERRIFF has NOT made any decisions on whether or not the man will be charged.
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Maybe that is why there is a strict set of rules governing the judiciary - because a couple of paragraphs is insufficient for any reasonable person to make any decision about a very disturbing incident ?
Oh right. This is going well isn't it?
You do appear to be implying that this won't end up in front of the courts because the sheriff showed common sense that is missing in our judicial system. However, this clearly isn't the case. I'd be astonished if there wasn't some case to answer, given that a man lies dead having been beaten to death.
Quite.
TWOCHOICEStom
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I know everyone like to see people like this 'get what they deserve' but this is just a horrible story.
The abuser is dead, the father saw his child being abused and ended up killing someone and the poor girl was both abused and had to watch her dad beat someone to death. No one wins. It's bloody horrible.
The abuser is dead, the father saw his child being abused and ended up killing someone and the poor girl was both abused and had to watch her dad beat someone to death. No one wins. It's bloody horrible.
Uncle Spielberg
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I agree with this.
