Posted on 02/12/2013 6:51:08 AM PST by Nickname
BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas -
A Brazoria County grand jury has indicted a father for the murder of another man.
According to investigators, David Barajas shot and killed a drunk driver who hit and killed his two young sons.
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re: “The man’s children were murdered in front of him. There is no law that provides a satisfactory outcome to that.”
Look, I’m not trying to argue with you. You say the man’s sons were “murdered” in front of him. Therefore it sounds like you believe someone who kills someone else while driving intoxicated is the same thing as premeditated murder in the first degree and should be given the death penalty.
We are also assuming that the father knew beyond a reasonable doubt the the driver who killed his sons was drunk - the coroner’s report indicated intoxication, but that came out later - what if the driver hadn’t been intoxicated? Who decides that? A witness or family member on the scene?
And, it sounds like you believe that immediate family members of the “murdered” family member have the right to kill the person who killed that family member right then and there - no test to see if the guilty person is intoxicated, no trial, no judge, no jury, just carry out the sentence of death right on the spot after the accident?
How is that not taking the law into one’s own hand?
You say, “There is no law that provides a satisfactory outcome to that.” What kind of a law would you think would provide a satisfactory outcome? Just curious.
And, don’t get me wrong - if the driver was intoxicated and everthing happened just as it says in the story, I have no empathy for the drunk driver, and if the father is charged with murder in the second degree or for manslaughter - I would acquit him or give him the lightest possible sentence allowable.
However, I still think, even though emotionally I’m wanting to completely justify what the father did - it still seems wrong to just decide on one’s own what happened, what the circumstances were, decide innocence or guilt on the spot, and carry out a sentence whatever one feels is appropriate.
Unbelievable ~ you think there’s a possibility of a law that will give something like this a better outcome?
re: “Unbelievable ~ you think there’s a possibility of a law that will give something like this a better outcome?”
No, I think that’s what you believe. You said the father did not take the law into his own hands because there was no law that related to what happened in this case.
You said, and I quote, “Since we don’t really have a law that provides a satisfactory outcome in such cases, he didn’t take the law into his own hands.”
What I want to know from YOU is - what kind of law WOULD be satisfactory to YOU in such cases.
And, you keep dodging the question - Please explain how what this father did was NOT taking the law into his own hands? He acted as judge, juror, and executioner.
“satisfactory’ does not mean ‘related’ ~
If I was on the jury, no way would I vote to convict.
Case closed.
re: ““satisfactory’ does not mean ‘related’ ~”
Ok. Whatever you say.
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Yep. And why did that fool drive cross country from Texas to Delaware to kill 2 and injure others before killing himself? Two words: Family Court. Another failure of our justice system.
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