MC.no.spin

Absolutely. If a man can't shoot at another man trying to drive off with his wife, who happens to be screaming rape, our country has lost any fundamental sense of human nature.
I would have shot at him, too. Duh.

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Kandahar

Of course we can hold them accountable. The question is whether acting recklessly in a moment of panic is as severe as acting recklessly when one DOES have the time to think it through. I maintain that it is not.

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rathi

Read my other posts. The fox article failed to mention that she was in the truck at the time. That post was under the assumption that the husband fired at the man driving off alone.

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jamesrage

I think the cheating on your spouse and falsely crying rape kind of nullifies any past positive contributions towards one's character.

Hopefully they throw the book at her.

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Trinity

I hate to say this but the lover's blood is on her hands. Yes he is guilty of adultery as she is, but she was the one who invited him over. (She was not seduced by him.)

After they r found out, she cried rape. And I agree with Taloulou, most females do know when their husbands carry guns with them and these men who do so r prepared to use the guns. That's why the guns r carried in the 1st place (for protection).

It's like pointing yr finger at an accomplice when u r about to get lynched by a crowd... it is almost the same as signing the other guy's death certificate.

Premeditated or not, in a split second wrong decision or not, the blood of her lover is on her hands, due to her actions, he died. If she didn't invite him over, he would not have died. If she didn't scream rape, he wouldn't have died.

It is like an incident I read about... a teacher was driving a car, dropped the keys. Bent to pick up the keys and ended up driving over 1 adult and his child. Their blood r on her hands, whether it was not pre-meditated, or a split second wrong decision.

How do u account for their deaths? Or this lover's death?

That teacher got jailed 10-20 yrs I think.

If u think this lady shd get off lightly, would u want them (her and her lover) to switch places? Then the true extent of her actions would impact her truely.

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talloulou

I think manslaughter is right on target. A reckless act or behavior that leads directly to the death of another person sounds like manslaughter to me.

Kandahar

Right, manslaughter is the correct crime. But the range of punishments available depends on the circumstances.

For example, consider the following two crimes: (A) A guy gets drunk at a party, decides to drive home anyway, and runs over a pedestrian. (B) A guy is on his way to work and is messing with the radio instead of watching the road. He runs over a pedestrian.

Both of those crimes are reckless acts that lead directly to the death of another person. But Crime (A) is more severe than Crime (B).


In this particular case, the woman should probably get a sentence at the lighter end since it probably wouldn't have turned out this way if she had been thinking it through. 3-5 years in prison.

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RightOfCenter

Also justifiable. Not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.

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CaptainCourtesy

I like your examples, yet I would akin what the woman did more towards option A. Option B seems to be a situation that has near total accident written all over it. Option A includes some choices that are quite obviously dangerous.

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MC.no.spin

She got five years.

MyFox Dallas | Jurors Sentence Roberson to 5 Years in Prison

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