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WildBill wrote:

Keith B wrote:This was a case while I lived in Missouri. It was not a case of liberals, but a case of the people living in total fear. The guy was very violent and extremely cold blooded. The guy had gotten away with a lot of things over the years. He knew how to work the system and used it to bully everyone. It was a fact of that if this guy got arrested for something, basically anything, and made bail, he would know exactly who reported him in the small town and retaliate, up to and including murder. While I don't advocate vigilantism at all, this was one of those cases of 'some people just need killing'. Someone finally did it and the town stood behind them to finally rid themselves of this predator.

Wouldn't you like to see this law?

§ 123.01. DEFENSE TO PROSECUTION: HE JUST NEEDED KILLIN'
(a) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 123.01 that the person killed was a bully who, for years, committed numerous crimes against numerous people, but avoided prosecution because he threatened and indimidated witnesses who would testify to his criminal behavior.

seamusTX wrote:

philip964 wrote:Interesting why the judges were so blind to a man who was obviously trouble.

Yes. I have never understood why.

This is not a case of "liberals" giving too many breaks to a "misunderstood yute." The guy was charged with crimes 22 times, and rural Missouri is not "liberal" by any stretch of the imagination. The guy had no wealth or political connections.

- Jim