Posted on 04/24/2014 11:07:12 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
” international military law even while in active combat on the battlefield.”
So are hollow points. Comparing LOAC to civilian law is not appropriate.
Spell’n police,,, You’re a pest,, get lost.
Deputy told Byron Smith to call police ‘right away’ after earlier burglary
No one put a gun on those “TEEN AGER’S” head, and told them to rob that man. I really don’t care what happens to them, when they invaded the man’s property. Where they there to invite the man to a party? NOPE. Maybe they were there to fix him a dinner? NOPE. They were there to rob him, and if he didn’t have the gun, they would have robbed him and possibly killed him Let’s not waste any more “CROCODILE TEARS” for these thieves. They got what they deserved. The mistake this man made was announcing it. He should have wrapped them up with plastic(so that they wouldn’t bleed on his carpet or floor, drove to a secluded area, and dumped them, and most important, KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT.
Let me guess:
When you are read the story of Hansel and Gretel you pull for the witch.
Defense rests in Byron Smith murder trial
http://www.startribune.com/local/257001051.html
The defense rested Monday morning in the Byron Smith first-degree premeditated murder trial, as Smith waived his right to testify just before the morning break.
Cross examining him on his police statements would have been a field day for the prosecution.
I see his lawyer is already calling for a mistrial.
I think he sees the writing on the wall.
Before the shootings, Smith can be heard saying, “I realize I don’t have an appointment, but I would like to see one of the lawyers here.”
The neighbor who called the police testified that Smith asked him to recommend a lawyer.
He planned this out from start to finish.
Yeh — the fact that he sought a lawyer before calling 911 should speak volumes to the jury.
And from the tapes it’s clear that he shot them out of anger — not fear
To have his own personal snuff tape —
“...Maybe I’m a LEO, but I ain’t a lion....”
Deep Purple, Machine Head... great album...
Byron Smith murder trial sent to jury
LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (KMSP) -
The Byron Smith murder trial in Little Falls, Minn. is now in the hands of the jury.
DEFENSE: VICTIMS MADE BAD CHOICES
In closing arguments, defense attorney Steve Meshbesher said this case is not murder, but a man defending his home.
The defense team argued teenage burglars Haile Kifer and Nick Brady – not Byron Smith — made the bad choices on Thanksgiving Day 2012.
THE CASE FOR A CONVICTION
“It’s a simple case. He set the plan in motion,” prosecutor Pete Orput said, making the case for premeditated first-degree murder.
Why didn’t Byron Smith call 911, as a Morrison County deputy instructed? Why didn’t he scream out a warning to the intruders? Why he didn’t confront Nick Brady and Haile Kifer with his loaded rifle? All questions the prosecutor posed to the jury during closing arguments.
He ended with a final playback of the audio recording of the deadly shootings, telling the jury to “do the right thing.”
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/25379020/byron-smith-trial-what-they-said-in-closing-statements
“. Smith then waited in silence for 12 minutes, until Brady began to descend into the basement. Smith shot Brady twice on the stairs, and once in the head after he fell to the bottom of the stairs. Smith then made taunting remarks to Brady’s body, wrapped it in a tarp and dragged him into another room. He went upstairs, and 10–15 minutes later, he ran back down into the basement, reloaded his weapon and took up his previous position in the obscured chair. Minutes later, Kifer entered the home and could be heard calling her cousin’s name. As she made her way down the stairs, Smith shot her. Wounded, she fell down the stairs, and Smith can be heard on the recording saying “Oh, sorry about that” after his gun jams, followed by Kifer saying “Oh, my God” very quickly; Smith shoots her again, multiple times in the torso, in the midst of which she screams “Oh, my god!” and once next to her left eye with a High Standard Double Nine Convertible .22-caliber single-action revolver.[10] He repeatedly called her derogatory names and then dragged her into the other room, tossing her body on top of her cousin’s, and shot her one final time under the chin, killing her”
He went way too far, this guy is sick. I’m all for defending one’s life and home, with deadly force if necessary, but this guy is a psycho who belongs in prison.
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