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Posted on 04/08/2004 8:50:11 AM PDT by Technoman
Yoon Ho Song could face 50 years to life in prison if he is convicted of the first degree murder of Mario Sandoval Martinez and a special allegation of using a handgun, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.
Prosecutors say Song came out of his house to find two car thieves pushing his customized Honda out of his driveway in the predawn hours on Monday and opened fire, hitting Martinez, 25, in the back. The second suspect got away.
"The fact that your car is being stolen isn't a legal justification for killing somebody," Deputy District Attorney Frank Somes said. "Generally, you're not allowed to kill people unless they are committing a violent felony or you are acting in self defense."
Somes said police initially focused on Song as a crime victim but "essentially began questioning whether he was the victim or a suspect when they learned the person stealing the car had been shot in the back."
An attorney for Song, who was expected to make his first court appearance in the case as early as Wednesday, could not be reached for comment.
People of L.A. -- if you feel safer with Yoon Ho Song spending the next 50 years in jail, congratulate the police for a terrific job! If you are outraged by this injustice as I, one must conclude that the real criminals in this case are each and every employee of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
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This is Kalifornicator so the victim is required to go out to the crooks/thugs/druggies and give them the keys and a credit card to get gas. I can't believe he didn't know that. </sarcasm off>
Now to the serious part - I truely feel the victim had every right to terminate one more criminal. I was a victim of home robbery and lost guns etc. I would have shot the perp on the spot because the law WILL NOT do anything to them. My perp has a 5 year SIS, and 2 year SIS, credit card theft and use so he spent 30 days in jail, was jailed on theft over 2500 from a store in the mall, released without bond and is walking the streets. So don't tell me that the law works. My friends S and W will protect me not the law.
Seems like a classic 'heat of passion' case but it seems difficult to claim it was 'premeditated'.
Also one could claim mitigating circumstances: this apparently occurred on HIS property and the 'victim' was in the act of committing a felony.
Boris is no lawyer. Counsellors?
--Boris
Fortunately, you won't have to go far. In Arizona, all elected officials are subject to recall. A prosecutor who tried to convict a victim of murder in this manner would be out of a job FAST.
Around here it's called 'saving the taxpayers some money'.
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