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Post by ferrous on Jul 1, 2008 8:38:34 GMT -5
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Post by JustMyOpinion on Jul 4, 2008 11:06:28 GMT -5
Ferrous, I am not surprised, AT ALL! I don't agree with the verdict starting with this little tidbit copied from your article/link:
In his 911 call, Horn cited a newly enacted Texas law, the "castle doctrine," which authorizes the use of deadly force during a home invasion.
But Sen. Jeff Wentworth, who wrote the law, said it did not apply to Horn's case.
"It was not an issue in this case other than him saying incorrectly that he understood it to mean he could protect his neighbor's property," said Wentworth, R-San Antonio.
He said the castle doctrine simply didn't apply because, although the burglars were running across Horn's lawn, Horn's home wasn't under siege — his neighbor's home was.
"It comes from the saying 'A man's home is his castle,' " Wentworth said. "But this wasn't his castle."
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Know what got him off? Texas mentality, plain and simple. Not a big surprise...
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Post by ferrous on Jul 4, 2008 11:52:26 GMT -5
Then again, we have the San Francisco mentality where District Attorney Kamala Harris' office keeps coddling these punks, making up excuses for letting them back out into the streets. At least in Pasadena, Texas, the streets are minus two illegal alien - criminals ready to do us harm. www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/06/26/BAV711FM4F.DTLLet's see if I have this correct... [Ramos was also booked on felony weapons charges and as well as a separate count of being in a criminal street gang. Police cited "numerous documented contacts" that officers had with Ramos and Lopez, and said both were "active members of the MS-13 street gang."] [ Police sent the case to prosecutors in District Attorney Kamala Harris' office, who declined to file charges. They told investigators that there was no evidence that Ramos had known that Lopez had a gun, according to Harris' office. The gang charge had to have another crime associated with it for prosecutors to bring Ramos to trial, police and prosecutors said.] [An investigator with the San Francisco police gang unit kept working on the gun case even after Ramos was released and Lopez was indicted on the federal charges. On June 6, police ordered tests to see whether Ramos' DNA was on the gun, but results still had not come back before Sunday's killings. Ballistics tests were also conducted on the weapon, but those results were not available before Ramos was freed. The tests showed that the gun had been used the day before Ramos and Lopez were arrested to kill two men, Philip Ng, 24, of San Francisco, and Ernad Joldic, 21, of Daly City, police said. The two were shot shortly before 2 a.m. in their car at Excelsior Avenue and Athens Street in the Excelsior. The double homicide scene was just a few blocks from where the triple homicide occurred Sunday at Congdon and Maynard streets.] Another "Perfect Storm" in the trials and tribulations of SF District Attorney Kamala Harris' where she somehow always finds a way to give these punks a "Get Out of Jail Free" card. |
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