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Are you really in Texas? Surely you know by now that this woman is not going to be charged. People believe they have a right to protect life and property. This is clearly such a case.
Are you really thinking this through? Show proof her life was in danger from a man who was unarmed and not trying to break in. This is clearly not the case.
Now if more info showed he was armed or trying to break in then you'd have something.
Not if Texas has castle laws like Florida does. I have a friend in Florida who shot a loser trying to break into his car right from his front steps a few years back. Got him right in the leg right when he realized my friend caught him in the act. The thug took him to court, tried to sue, and even played the race card. Case was dropped for castle laws.
Even using that as an example, "trying to break into his car"...he wasn't just standing there looking through the window
Are you really thinking this through? Show proof her life was in danger from a man who was unarmed and not trying to break in. This is clearly not the case.
Now if more info showed he was armed or trying to break in then you'd have something.
I’m saying the prosecutors will likely not charge her unless it’s obvious she targeted someone and tried to pretend he was a peeping Tom. I have nothing to go by except the brief description that he was a peeping Tom looking at her through her window. I’m not sure why they even called him that unless the guy has a history of doing that. They sure didn’t share it with us in the news story linked here.
All I know is that Texas grand juries tend not to indict people in cases like these.
Are you really thinking this through? Show proof her life was in danger from a man who was unarmed and not trying to break in. This is clearly not the case.
Now if more info showed he was armed or trying to break in then you'd have something.
Ummm, in all Honesty the only thing "clear" in this case is that nothing is clear. To many unknowns to even attempt to make a call. It sounds funky with a lot of the factors in play number one being why it is this guy stood there while she got a rifle into play. Getting a rifle up and into use is hardly an action that could be called subtle. That sounds petty weird to me. I'm no greenhorn when it comes to firearms and even with all I have skill wise there I could not conceal it if I was putting a rifle into action.
But I wasn't there, I have no idea of the exact circumstances that made this guy stand there and present a target I have no idea what type of rifle she was using, the range involved how she had the weapon stored I know nothing other than it seems she shot the guy dead. As I said earlier there is no more dangerous animal on Earth than a frightened woman with a firearm and a woman living alone which I assume she is sees some guy peering in her bedroom window I'm going to say yeah...she was scared.
Unless there is something else at play like she set up an ex or some such I'm not going to call unjustified out of hand. All we "clearly" know at this point is he was outside peering in her window at the wee hours and she shot him dead.
Ummm, in all Honesty the only thing "clear" in this case is that nothing is clear. To many unknowns to even attempt to make a call. It sounds funky with a lot of the factors in play number one being why it is this guy stood there while she got a rifle into play. Getting a rifle up and into use is hardly an action that could be called subtle. That sounds petty weird to me. I'm no greenhorn when it comes to firearms and even with all I have skill wise there I could not conceal it if I was putting a rifle into action.
But I wasn't there, I have no idea of the exact circumstances that made this guy stand there and present a target I have no idea what type of rifle she was using, the range involved how she had the weapon stored I know nothing other than it seems she shot the guy dead. As I said earlier there is no more dangerous animal on Earth than a frightened woman with a firearm and a woman living alone which I assume she is sees some guy peering in her bedroom window I'm going to say yeah...she was scared.
Unless there is something else at play like she set up an ex or some such I'm not going to call unjustified out of hand. All we "clearly" know at this point is he was outside peering in her window at the wee hours and she shot him dead.
If she was scared for her life, that is all it takes under castle doctrine. But I am prejudiced, I won't cry over the death of any pervert.
Read the link in ged_782's post. I quoted from it in the next post. Here it is again (with the key section in boldface).
[I]For example, if you are sitting in your living room and see an individual peering in your window, you will probably not be justified under Texas law in using deadly force against the suspicious person. However, if the same fellow breaks a window and climbs through, you will be legally justified in using deadly force under Texas Penal Code §9.32. If you see the same individual scoping out your detached barn, you will not fall under Texas Penal Code §9.32, because it is not considered an occupied habitation. Note under our examples you may very well be justified under another section of the law in the use of deadly force, but not under Texas Penal Code §9.32, or what the media calls the “Castle Doctrine.”[/i]
If she was scared for her life, that is all it takes under castle doctrine. But I am prejudiced, I won't cry over the death of any pervert.
+1. Good riddance.
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