25 to life is one reason. Even if you think the pleasure derived from the revenge was worth it, it is a pretty selfish thing to do to the children who'd be left without a parent.
If OJ could find a sympathetic jury, I'm sure I could
There is not a jury in Texas would convict you. We had a similar circumstance at a large discount chain store a while back. Perv was beaten severly by father: broken nose, broken arm, several teeth missing, broken ribs, damage to genitals, uncounted abrasions and cuts. PD came and had to pry dad off of perv. Lucky they were in teh store at the time. He had his head in commode trying to drown him. They carted perv away ( actually ambulance did ) no other arrests were made.