A sad story that ends the way they all should

• Devils Advocate

  

  hilliardfan;1195687 wrote:Actually, when you have children you sign up to protect them at whatever cost and effort. I say he followed the rules exactly!

  Reps!
• Steel Valley Football

  Devils Advocate;1195678 wrote:Uhhhh....... Where do you sign up for something like this and what do you sign?

  It's a figure of speech.
  
  He "signed up", by default, to follow the existing laws when he agreed to live in the state of Texas. I don't think his actions will qualify as justifiable homicide.
• fan_from_texas

  Until all the facts are in, it's impossible to form a judgment about the propriety of said action or inaction. But I recommend that he hire a local attorney to represent him. I shall not otherwise opine on this case.
  
  /FFT'd
• Steel Valley Football

  hilliardfan;1195687 wrote:Actually, when you have children you sign up to protect them at whatever cost and effort. I say he followed the rules exactly!

  I would never argue against that, but this case likely wont qualify as "protecting" his child. He murdered him in anger after the molestation was over. His only hope will be some sort of temporary insanity plea.
• Steel Valley Football

  Devils Advocate;1195699 wrote:Reps!

  Opinion reps, not logic reps. You should distinguish.
• BORIStheCrusher

  

  It's a shitty thing that happened to the girl and a fathers worst nightmare. I would have responded the exact same way. I have two young daughters and if any fucker got near them he should pray the cops get to him before I would.
• Steel Valley Football

  BORIStheCrusher;1195736 wrote:It's a ****ty thing that happened to the girl and a fathers worst nightmare. I would have responded the exact same way. I have two young daughters and if any ****er got near them he should pray the cops get to him before I would.

  And, I would applaud you.
  
  Then, I would watch you go to prison for a long time.
• Devils Advocate

  

  Steel Valley Football;1195731 wrote:It's a figure of speech.
  
  He "signed up", by default, to follow the existing laws when he agreed to live in the state of Texas. I don't think his actions will qualify as justifiable homicide.

  I believe that Texas is a "stand your ground state." I would tell a jury that I was protecting my child, and that She was being threatened by the perv breathing in the same world as her.
• Devils Advocate

  

  Steel Valley Football;1195735 wrote:Opinion reps, not logic reps. You should distinguish.

  
  Nope... It ain't in da rulz.
• Steel Valley Football

  Devils Advocate;1195759 wrote:I believe that Texas is a "stand your ground state." I would tell a jury that I was protecting my child, and that She was being threatened by the perv breathing in the same world as her.

  You would. And, you'd be lying. And, you'd go to jail.
• rmolin73

  

  Steel Valley Football;1195734 wrote:I would never argue against that, but this case likely wont qualify as "protecting" his child. He murdered him in anger after the molestation was over. His only hope will be some sort of temporary insanity plea.

  You would be wrong again.
  
  Harmon said the resident of the home caught the Gonzales man attempting to molest his daughter and attempted to stop him. In the process, Harmon said, the resident physically struck the Gonzales man in the head several times, killing him.
• BORIStheCrusher

  

  Steel Valley Football;1195738 wrote:And, I would applaud you.
  
  Then, I would watch you go to prison for a long time.

  Would be worth it.
• sherm03

  

  I'd do the same thing.
  
  And IF charges do come of this, I hope the guy's lawyer gets him at least one parent on the jury. A good lawyer gets one dad on that jury, and the guy walks.
• hasbeen

  

  sherm03;1195946 wrote:I'd do the same thing.
  
  And IF charges do come of this, I hope the guy's lawyer gets him at least one parent on the jury. A good lawyer gets one dad on that jury, and the guy walks.

  Unless the guy is like SVF.
• Steel Valley Football

  rmolin73;1195811 wrote:You would be wrong again.
  
  Harmon said the resident of the home caught the Gonzales man attempting to molest his daughter and attempted to stop him. In the process, Harmon said, the resident physically struck the Gonzales man in the head several times, killing him.

  
  If he did it by the law then I'm all for him walking. In fact, I'm hoping for it. What I'm against is people taking the law into their own hands and killing someone because they think that person deserved it.
  
  Now, if it comes out in the autopsy that they guy had 25 blows to the head then there's no way it was justified and a reasonable jury will see that. Again, no matter what crime he was committing, a citizen is not allowed to play judge/jury/hangman and end a life. That's why we have the process of law that exists.
• rmolin73

  

  Steel Valley Football;1196071 wrote:If he did it by the law then I'm all for him walking. In fact, I'm hoping for it. What I'm against is people taking the law into their own hands and killing someone because they think that person deserved it.
  
  Now, if it comes out in the autopsy that they guy had 25 blows to the head then there's no way it was justified and a reasonable jury will see that. Again, no matter what crime he was committing, a citizen is not allowed to play judge/jury/hangman and end a life. That's why we have the process of law that exists.

  So if someone is attempting to rape your 4 year old daughter and you are trying to get this monster off of her and kill him in the process that isn't justified? The guy was on his daughter! What would you do in this situation? Like I said before though you're wrong.
  
  http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB00378F.pdf
• LJ

  

  Castle Doctrine. He will rightfully walk free.
• goosebumps

  

  Steel Valley Football;1196071 wrote:If he did it by the law then I'm all for him walking. In fact, I'm hoping for it. What I'm against is people taking the law into their own hands and killing someone because they think that person deserved it.
  
  Now, if it comes out in the autopsy that they guy had 25 blows to the head then there's no way it was justified and a reasonable jury will see that. Again, no matter what crime he was committing, a citizen is not allowed to play judge/jury/hangman and end a life. That's why we have the process of law that exists.

  Seems more like you just go against what everyone else says in most threads to be a douche. Just an observation.
  
  I applaud this man. I have a friend who was molested as a child and still hasn't recovered mentally from the ordeal. That man had no place in society. I don't have children, but if I caught a man molesting one of my nieces he wouldn't live to regret it.
• Steel Valley Football

  pnhasbeen;1195949 wrote:Unless the guy is like SVF.

  You don't know shit about me. If you think this doesn't make me sick then you're wrong. My daughter will be four in January.
  
  Your (and many others here) problem is you think your opinion should be the rule. Well, it's not. There has to be civilized law, no matter how awful the crime.
  
  This is just like the Roger Huerta case. Almost everyone here was all for beating down the guy who hit a girl. Except that's not how our legal system works. If it was, we may as well be living in Russia or some third-world country where "mob rules" apply; where they murder people in the street for the crimes they committ.
  
  Again, I'm for applying the law in this case; whatever that may be. I'm not versed on Texas law.
• justincredible

  

  Steel Valley Football;1196071 wrote:Now, if it comes out in the autopsy that they guy had 25 blows to the head then there's no way it was justified and a reasonable jury will see that. Again, no matter what crime he was committing, a citizen is not allowed to play judge/jury/hangman and end a life. That's why we have the process of law that exists.

  That may be the case, but I would be disappointed in any jury that would send a man to jail for killing a man that he caught molesting his child. No matter how brutally he killed him. One blow to the head or 25 blows to the head.
• Steel Valley Football

  rmolin73;1196085 wrote:So if someone is attempting to rape your 4 year old daughter and you are trying to get this monster off of her and kill him in the process that isn't justified?

  It depends on if I killed him in the process or if I stopped it then beat him to death in anger, which I very well may do. But if I did that then I would expect to go to jail. If I cracked him once with a bat to get him off her and killed him then I'm likely a free man.
• Steel Valley Football

  justincredible;1196092 wrote:That may be the case, but I would be disappointed in any jury that would send a man to jail for killing a man that he caught molesting his child. No matter how brutally he killed him. One blow to the head or 25 blows to the head.

  And that's your opinion and it's well within your rights to think that.
  
  But, it doesn't change the law.
• rmolin73

  

  Steel Valley Football;1196095 wrote:It depends on if I killed him in the process or if I stopped it then beat him to death in anger, which I very well may do. But if I did that then I would expect to go to jail. If I cracked him once with a bat to get him off her and killed him then I'm likely a free man.

  Well in the fine state of Texas bat or blows to the head you walk. Look up the law before making a comment on the situation which is pretty much your opinion while you're complaigning about ours.
• goosebumps

  

  Steel Valley Football;1196090 wrote:Again, I'm for applying the law in this case; whatever that may be. I'm not versed on Texas law.

  Steel Valley Football;1196099 wrote:And that's your opinion and it's well within your rights to think that.
  
  But, it doesn't change the law.

  I thought you didn't know the law in Texas?
  
  /Lawyer'd
• Steel Valley Football

  goosebumps;1196088 wrote:Seems more like you just go against what everyone else says in most threads to be a douche. Just an observation.
  
  I applaud this man. I have a friend who was molested as a child and still hasn't recovered mentally from the ordeal. That man had no place in society. I don't have children, but if I caught a man molesting one of my nieces he wouldn't live to regret it.

  Yes, that's it. Im trying to be a douche lol. How about someone might, just might, have a different opinion than the masses. It happened on the graduation/mom cancer thread and it turned out I was 100% correct when the entire OC was against me.
  
  And, it's well within your rights to kill a man for whatever reason you see fit. But, if you break the law while doing so you will go to jail for a long, long time.