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Roxana Ruiz, Who Strangled Her Rapist, Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison, Activists Slam Decision
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Posted on 05/17/2023 4:22:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 05/17/2023 4:22:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“hitting her attacker in the head would have been enough to defend herself”

What if she hit her attacker in the head and killed him that way?


2 posted on 05/17/2023 4:25:39 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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I’m assuming she killed him either during or just after the rape. Either way she had reason to assume the attacker would kill her once he was finished. Self defense.


3 posted on 05/17/2023 4:26:09 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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This is a repost of an earlier story. Let me be the first on this thread to state what others have already said.

She’s lucky she did not live in New York. Alvin Bragg would have given her a much longer sentence.


4 posted on 05/17/2023 4:26:43 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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Don’t make him think, his head will explode.


5 posted on 05/17/2023 4:26:49 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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What if she hit him in the head, but it didn’t stop him and he raped and killed her?


6 posted on 05/17/2023 4:28:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Its the same legal ruling that you are not allowed to murder an attacker when the mortal threat is not there. Or keep attacking and murdering someone after they are incapacitated. Theres a line where self defense can cross into murder.

Now, can people understand what she did and why? Sure. Does it cross the line and go from self defense to murder? This time the court thought so. One of the criteria is if you can disengage and get away, theres no justification for killing.

Revenge killing, while in many cases, understandable to many people, if its not necessary for saving your life, its going to be considered murder. Ultimatsly the court believed that in her particular circumstances, she did not need to go that far.


7 posted on 05/17/2023 4:29:27 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Other than the defendant and the deceased, who else witnessed this sequence of events?


8 posted on 05/17/2023 4:35:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Personally I probably think she wasn’t using excessive force.


9 posted on 05/17/2023 4:36:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Reminds me of the 1964 case in Korea where an 18-year-old woman was sentenced to six months in prison after being convicted of biting the tongue off of her rapist. She recently asked for a retrial of this case some five decades later.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8288911/Woman-convicted-biting-alleged-rapists-tongue-South-Korea-18-seeks-retrial.html


10 posted on 05/17/2023 4:36:45 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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Sounds like typical leftist/communist punishments these days.


11 posted on 05/17/2023 4:39:23 PM PDT by Skywise
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Zombie defense. You make sure they can’t come after you. (Too many scary movies)


12 posted on 05/17/2023 4:42:48 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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Whoa! That’s just harsh!


13 posted on 05/17/2023 4:43:05 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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That’s right!


14 posted on 05/17/2023 4:46:50 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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Most people don't have the medical expertise to determine how much is just enough and not too much.
In general you can't be sure your assailant has been rendered harmless until you are sure he is dead.
Freepers usually recommend a double tap to make sure the target stays down.
It's prudent. What she did is no different.

15 posted on 05/17/2023 5:03:12 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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16 posted on 05/17/2023 5:39:10 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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Since this occurred in her home and I assume her child was also, fleeing isn’t an option.

Mexico sucks.


17 posted on 05/17/2023 5:56:29 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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Should have strangled his leg.


18 posted on 05/17/2023 6:11:03 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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Go mom. Free pass from here. My sympathies are focused on
you, not some demonic dirt-bag.


19 posted on 05/17/2023 6:11:33 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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Chick should have been given a Good Citizenship award!


20 posted on 05/17/2023 6:39:59 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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