[Tax-chick]

Some weird stuff in this story.

[gieriscm]

I’d need a lot more info before making a judgement on this case.

[dsc]

“The burden of proof is on the state.”

Umm...isn’t that one of our chiefest principles?
Innocent until proven guilty?

[WayneS]

“With the new law that went into effect a couple years ago, we have to prove this was anything other than justified,” Pavey said. “The burden of proof is on the state.”

This is a correct statement, assuming 230 years fits into one's definition of "a couple years ago".

[bgill]

Ricketts’ husband, Eric, said he stands behind his wife, even though, he said, he’d not been aware of West fathering three of Ricketts’ four children until the investigation surrounding the shooting started.

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[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

If you read long enough it starts to make sense:

[Victim’s] father, Charles Stanford West, mayor of a West Virginia town and criminal defense attorney by trade...

[Cubs Fan]

By all means I think if a stranger breaks into your house you should be able to shoot them, because you have no idea if they are armed and by the time you find out it may be too late.

OTOH Someone that a person knows is a poor test of this law, because it is too hard to tell. For example maybe the man was a threat, or maybe he was there to tell her he was leaving her for someone else and she shot him? More details need to be known.

[Mr. Lucky]

The moral of the story may be that dorking another guy’s wife could carry health risks.

[bamahead]

Interesting case ping...

[babygene]

““With the new law that went into effect a couple years ago, we have to prove this was anything other than justified,” Pavey said. “The burden of proof is on the state.””

What a stupid thing to say. Isn’t the burden of proof always on the state? What? Did you have to prove your innocents before?

[caver]

Geez, why didn’t the woman just divorce the husband so that she could be with the boyfriend? I imagine the husband payed the bills while she had fun with the boyfriend. Who knows though, maybe they had an agreement.

[fella]

Geeeeee ....................... I wonder if there's any chance that the cops and prosecutors have any friendly relations with the “mayor of a West Virginia town and criminal defense attorney by trade” whose son they claim is a victim. Those of us who have lived in small towns know that there is no way that there could be any crony-ism down at the local courthouse, ‘Boss Hogg” wouldn't allow that.