Posted on 08/30/2006 3:14:40 AM PDT by Cagey
Edited on 08/30/2006 3:23:20 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. --A Fairfield lawyer has been charged with stabbing his neighbor to death after learning the man had molested his 2-year-old daughter, police said.
Fairfield authorities said attorney Jonathon Edington leaped through 58-year-old Barry James' bedroom window Monday and stabbed him nearly a dozen times in the chest. Edington, 29, was arraigned on murder and burglary charges Tuesday in Bridgeport Superior Court. He was held on $1 million bond and is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 12.
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Burglary just means he broke into the house, not that he stole anything.
But a justified killing, nonetheless.
I know people have called it that, but that is not what it is, and it's a pity that the OJ fiasco is most people's only exposure to "jury nullification." That provides ammo to those who wish there were no such thing, since they can apply it to such a travesty of justice. Because I have respect for the real thing I won't use the term referring to OJ Simpson's acquittal.
Well, if he took something (other than the other guy's life), you've got breaking and entering and larceny.
I hope it goes to trial -- not the burglary, the homicide. I'm wondering if the trial would turn into a prosecution of the deceased. If you can show that the deceased did molest the child, then, yeah, ceteris paribus, nullification would be the way I'd go if I were on the jury.
Lovely as it is to think of this kind of amateur punishment, there are problems. What if the guy did not molest his daughter? What if the killer was intoxicated at the time?
When an officer of the court takes the law into his own hands, you've got a mess.
Unfortunately since he's now dead and therefore unable to stand trial there's only so much that can be done along this line.
Looking at things sheerly pragmatically, if you're going to kill someone who committed a crime against a family member, wait until after they've been found guilty and given some ridiculously light sentence.
LOL. I run multi-million dollar construction projects, thanks though.
Typically in a SSS situation, one would not want to raise suspicion with one of those. Not too many Fairfield lawyers would have the first clue as to how to run one, as well.
If I was the juror, I would vote, "Not Guilty" !
You do not have a daughter, do you? If so, you must not really give a damn about her.
Ow! You wound me to the quick! Ow!
If the deceased is in fact guilty, it's "commendable homicide".
And the time spent ridding the world of the child molestor counts.
Temporary justifiablity. If he saw the deed that he was avenging, if he was the only witness- then he did the right thing. This is Massachussetts we are talking about. Chances are the molester would get sentenced to community service.
So if I were prosecuting, I'd try to argue that that was irrelevant. What we have, I'd say, is someone who thinking a crime had been committed against a family member, took the law into his own hands and made himself judge, jury, and executioner. And we can't have that in a civilized blah blah blah.
I think you're right about waiting, but of course prudent judgment ain't got nothin' to do with it.
This is one of the very few time I will praise an attorney.
May they all wake up and renounce their evil -- hopefully without having to confront this harsh face of reality that they have created.
My prayers to the child.
Involuntary PigSlaughter
he went out and hunted the guy downerhaps it's online somewhere?
The poor father was distraught and went temporarily insane.
One less child molester on the street. He did society a favor... Not guilty!
"Investment" is the term used by liberals to describe robbing Peter to pay Paul, but that doesn't make it so.
perhaps it's online somewhere?
The Story as written sounds like Justifiable homicide.
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