Murder charges in revenge killing by father of children slain by drunk driver

[kepp]

Originally Posted by FishingRod

If it shows that the car being pushed was in a situation where a normal sober driver should have been able to avoid running into it then I would find a way to justify letting the Dad off somehow. Temporary insanity , something like that.

If it were shown that due to the conditions, like being dark , perhaps they were just around a curve and a average sober driver could not have been expected to avoid the crash then the Father owns a large portion of the fault and I could have gone with manslaughter. I mean what if it was Denzel Washington from the Movie Flight??? could have been all jacked up and done some of that fancy stunt driving to avoid the accident.

Yeah, but Denzel takes matters into his own hands too. Like in Training Day.

[Just Passin' By]

Interesting case. I wonder how hard the police looked for evidence.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Interesting case. I wonder how hard the police looked for evidence.

For instance, parents lived right across the street from them, did they check their house and yard for it?

[CoMoChief]

The difference is the drunk driver didn't have intentions on killing anyone. It was an accident. Sure its an accident that could have been avoided had the driver not gotten behind the wheel while drunk, but it doesn't change the fact that it was indeed an accident.

As far as the guy that witnessed someone raping his daughter. You don't just rape someone by accident. The rapist has full intentions of raping said female, that's not just something that happens out of the blue. To me it's bullshit the guy got life for beating that crazy asshole to death. To me he did the world and state taxpayers a favor by getting rid of that scum.

But shooting someone in retaliation of a drunk driver hitting your kid is still murder. It's acting irrationally during a highly stressful situation, but his intentions were to get his gun and then pull the trigger and kill said drunk driver. It's ridiculous that guy got away w/ murder.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

The difference is the drunk driver didn't have intentions on killing anyone. It was an accident. Sure its an accident that could have been avoided had the driver not gotten behind the wheel while drunk, but it doesn't change the fact that it was indeed an accident.

As far as the guy that witnessed someone raping his daughter. You don't just rape someone by accident. The rapist has full intentions of raping said female, that's not just something that happens out of the blue. To me it's bullshit the guy got life for beating that crazy asshole to death. To me he did the world and state taxpayers a favor by getting rid of that scum.

But shooting someone in retaliation of a drunk driver hitting your kid is still murder. It's acting irrationally during a highly stressful situation, but his intentions were to get his gun and then pull the trigger and kill said drunk driver. It's ridiculous that guy got away w/ murder.

It's as if people aren't actually looking at the evidence the prosecution had.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by kepp

It's as if people aren't actually looking at the evidence the prosecution had.

There literally wasn't any. No residue, and you can't provide a murder weapon equals not having a case. Surprised they tried him with so little.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

There literally wasn't any. No residue, and you can't provide a murder weapon equals not having a case. Surprised they tried him with so little.

That's what I was thinking. How could they think they could get him convicted for murder when they have zero hard evidence?

[Mr. Laz]

no-win situation

[FishingRod]

Father acquitted of killing drunk driver

A jury in Texas found a man not guilty in the murder of a drunk driver who killed his sons. Local media reports say in 2012, 20-year-old Jose Banda Jr. was intoxicated when he struck and killed David Barajas' sons. They were just 11 and 12, and helping to push the family's truck down a road near their home. Prosecutors say Barajas then shot and killed Banda. Anderson discussed this emotional case with former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin and Mark O'Mara, who is George Zimmerman's former attorney.

[lcarus]

This guy was wrong. It's not ok to take the law into your own hands.

And I applaud him for it.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by lcarus

It's not ok to take the law into your own hands.

Someone has to do it. We know that law enforcement won't do anything. All they are interested in is shooting unarmed innocent black men execution style.

[Nirvana58]

I can't believe some people are outraged at the verdict. The man had just lost both his kids to a drunk driver. I would do the same in his situation. If someone hurt my family for their stupidity I am not going to just automatically think well I am sure he is sorry for it and forgive that person. The guy just had to watch both his kids die in front of him. Can you even imagine what that must have been like? It is a horrible tragedy but sending this man to prison and leaving his remaining children fatherless would only make it worse. Evidence or not the right decision was made in this case and I applaud Texas for it.

[Predarat]

Yesss! Finally some real justice. Hope we see more of this kind of thing. Not drunk driving murders, but the murderers getting what is coming to them.