Posted on 08/24/2005 1:15:13 AM PDT by jdoug6
At one time, the concept of "out-law" meant that a person breaking the law was not protected by the law.
As a result, killing a burglar in your own home was not considered to be a crime.
Times have changed...
Southern Poverty Law Center strikes again. I hope the good people of Arizona get rid of these judges.
This is only round one. I doubt that this will hold up under appeal.
Unfortunately, if the media has reported this correctly, there won't be an appeal. The landowner didn't contest the case due to lack of funds.
I am pretty sure that if this happened in the late 19th century, there would have been lawyers run out of the state, or left hanging from a rope. Now we treasure freedom so little, that we barely protest. Yes America was once great, now it is run by lawyers and judges, not even elected officials will try to control.
"send a pretty important message to those who come to the border to use violence."
Yes, the important message to be learned: Double-Tap.
The first line just cracks me up. The defendants (American citizens on their own property) are "illegal" and "unlawful", but the illegals coming across the border are "Latino travelers"...
Of course, I realize one defendent Nethercott himself is a felon, but the "travelers" were breaking the law, too.
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