[sipow]

Texas law doesn’t work that way. If you intentionally kill someone, it is murder. Motivation doesn’t matter. (Well, technically motivation can play into whether or not it is capital murder - but it is still murder).

[DiogenesLamp]

Texas law doesn’t work that way. If you intentionally kill someone, it is murder. Motivation doesn’t matter. (Well, technically motivation can play into whether or not it is capital murder - but it is still murder).

So how is "Castle Doctrine" separated from "murder"?

Same act, but one is treated like murder, while the other is not.

[Gay State Conservative]

As I've said earlier I'm a big believer in "jury nullification" in certain situations.My understanding of this case would cause me,as a juror,to contemplate a degree of "nullification". This case doesn't rise to the level of murder as *I* define the word. It's surely a crime in my opinion and warrants prison time but it doesn't come within a hundred light years of any of the killings that Ted Bundy...or OJ...committed.

Feel free to call me an old softy if you wish.