This is the hometown of popular Sen. Lamar Alexander.
"She had already been tried once in the death of Coy Hundley.
In that trial last April, she was acquitted of first-degree murder, and the jury deadlocked on all lesser charges. '
How can she be tried a second time for the same offence? Isn't that double jeopardy?
Both of us would've set her free.
I thought you could only be tried once for the same crime. Unless the first was a mistrial, is that what happened? I couldn't open the link...
It said "she believes" he raped her daughter. Was she right?
Ditto. And I'd be talking Jury Nullification, too. What happened here wasn't justice.
I thought the same thing. I would have awarded her a medal.
If the guy had,in fact,raped her daughter then she should get a week behind bars and 5 hours of community service.
She should get a medal!
Hopefully the sentenance will not be jail. She did the killing so she was found guilty but, the jury could understand that and give her a one dollar fine and 10 seconds in jail.
Liberals constantly talk about how "society is to blame" for criminal behavior. In general, I don't agree with that, but if it were true, then this would be a pretty good example of a situation where there would be no crime but for the failure of society--the failure of society to deal with crime.
Vigilanteism is the direct result of an ineffective criminal justice system. People take the law into their own hands because the authorities refuse to do their jobs, and because of the public perception that justice will not be done unless they do.
If liberals are going to blame society for criminal behavior, then this lady should go free.
She should be put on probation. The condition of her probation will require her to give speeches calling for a mandatory death penalty for all child rapists -- it'll get rid of child rapists, and it'll prevent mothers like her from going to prison. A real twofer.
give her a medal and new better home to live in, in a nicer neighborhood
sponser her on speaking tour on how to protect your family
What happens if another man committed the crime?
If she'd been Tawara Brawley's mother, had believed her lies and gone and gunned someone down ... this thread would be very different in tone. We only have the mother's word that the guy "admitted it". I just don't know enough to be completely comfortable we're on the right side here.
Good shooting, Kimmy!
Good shooting, Kimmy!
:)
This is clearly a case where Jury Nullification is justified. Of course, don't expect anyone sitting on a jury to ever be informed of what that concept is by anyone on the legal or judicial profession... And don't expect to be ever sitting on a Jury if you know what it is either.