Jury Acquits Texas Man Who Shot and Killed Craigslist Escort.

[longhornfan1234]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...ho_wouldn.html

I don't understand this ruling. I understand the law permits deadly force to prevent a robber from leaving with stolen property... but prostitution is illegal in Texas. Escorts sell their companionship for an inflated fee... and it's generally accepted and understood that the person hiring an escort is looking for sex. An escort is under no obligation to have sex with the person who hires them.

[gigantes]

i would have hung that asshole so high that his head would have popped off when he reached the end of the rope.

shit happens in life. deal with it appropriately. he should have just demanded refund from her company, or if not possible, spread the word online on her listings and feedback area, etc.

guess he knew what he was doing as a texan, tho.

[bagelred]

Wait, you can kill someone because they are stealing something from you? Texas residents, explain your state....

I might have to rethink my Spurs fandom.

[Ne 1]

The logic, if we can call it that, is that she was stealing his money.

Texas is a messed up place, but juries do strange things everywhere.

[-p.tiddy-]

people get away with murder in every state...so you guys can stop with the whole "only in Texas" bit

[PHX_Phan]

Texas still going full retard...

[ace23]

Why is it assumed that she was paid to have sex? It seems that that was the premise of the defense.

[Ne 1]

Anyway this case should be appealed. The law doesn't apply during an unlawful act. You can't shoot your drug dealer because they gave you a short sack. Also as you said an escort is technically hired for their time/companionship and they don't have any obligation to have sex with a client who hires them.

[bmd]

The logic, if we can call it that, is that she was stealing his money.

Texas is a messed up place, but juries do strange things everywhere.

Texas is not a messed up place. It is one of the most logical states in a country where their justice systems are filled with insanity.

[bmd]

Wait, you can kill someone because they are stealing something from you? Texas residents, explain your state....

I might have to rethink my Spurs fandom.

In Texas, we have the right to protect our property with deadly force.

It's refreshing because in some other states, they give the criminals more rights than the victims.

[ace23]

Anyway this case should be appealed. The law doesn't apply during an unlawful act.

How do you know that?

[DuMa]

brb i need to call my lawyers

[bmulls]

Anyway this case should be appealed. The law doesn't apply during an unlawful act. You can't shoot your drug dealer because they gave you a short sack. Also as you said an escort is technically hired for their time/companionship and they don't have any obligation to have sex with a client who hires them.

Do you understand what an appeal is? You can't try somebody for the same crime twice.

[-p.tiddy-]

also the article is very short and without detail, you just can't get a feel for the entire case or what the jury was shown in one paragraph...posters in here just read the thread title and "OMG, Texas is sooo fcked up, wtf is wrong with that state...blah blah blah"

obviously there is a whole lot more to the case than what you can read in that link...they claim his shot was an accident and not intended to kill, well perhaps that is the truth, hard to know when we have 1/100th of the detail that the jury had.

[bmulls]

Btw, this has nothing to do with Texas law. Under Texas law he is clearly guilty of murder.

The jurors took it upon themselves to let him go for whatever reason.