Posted on 08/27/2014 12:46:56 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Edited on 08/27/2014 1:03:51 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
ANGLETON, Texas (AP)
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Maybe the mother did.
Good point!
The Barajas family did have a .357. At least they had a holster for one as well as ammo. But no .357 was found. Barajas tested clean for GSR. I wonder if they tested Mrs?
It MUST be real...I found it on the internet.
Good to see the “needs killing” defense is alive and well in Texas.
My 18 year old son was killed when he was broadsided in an intersection. The other driver ran the red light but the police failed to do anything except take the driver home.
I later learned he was a Mexican yard worker. I actually plotted his murder before I came to my senses. When I told my sister in law what I was thinking, the look on her face was all it took to snap me back to reality.
When you are in a mental state like that you should be able to plead insanity because you truly are.
My GF is the assistant to the prosecutor in this trial. I can assure you that was NOT the case. I can also assure you the DA put a lot of hours into the case as well.
No witnesses,no physical evidence,no residue on hands,no weapon. Balanced against forensic evidence on the drunk driver—then if the driver wasn’t drunk, the kids would not have been killed. The kid’s dad did not do it and the jury met the test of reasonable doubt. Motivation of the dad does not make a conviction, in the face of these gaping holes.
A sad loss of his two little boys, caused by a drunk— who might have been let go to do it again. The Lord works in mysterious ways. And, would guess this is not over if the drunk has extended kin. South of Houston.
No gun and no gunshot residue?
I would say ‘Not Guilty’ if I was on the jury.
Vehicular manslaughter — especially while drunk — is a horrible crime, and those guilty should pay. If people, like most on this thread, want it to be a capital crime (or alternatively, if they believe vengeance killings of passion should NOT be a crime), they should have the guts to say so explicitly and work for changes in the criminal statutes. This is a miscarriage of justice. RIP.
If I was on the jury and saw video of the father shooting the drunk I’d have still acquitted the father.
It sounds to me like the DA should never have sent this case to trial.”
If you talk to most of the citizens of Angleton/Alvin, they were really surprised that this went to trial. Verdict didn’t surprise we locals at all.
Question for anyone who has been following this case. Does the father have any other children, or did the drunk driver kill his *only* offspring? It has nothing to do with the verdict, which sounds one-hundred percent correct, but I just wondered. Thank you in advance.
Did they ever check her for “residue?” Did they even want to convict anyone in this case?
Texans know that some people need killin’
‘Too bad they wouldn’t/couldn’t consider it justifiable or manslaughter with probation.
That would have been more effective deterrent.’
There was no gun powder residue. Had I been on the jury, even if given the above option I would have voted ‘not guilty’. There is a very real possibility that someone else did the actual shooting. As suggested, it could have been the mother. She just lost two precious sons. Maybe rage preceded grief. It’s a possibility, at any rate.
hehehe....that’s gonna leave a mark....
By sending the case to trial the DA cut short any further attempts to smear the man or try him. The trial is high quality CYA for everyone involved.
Got to admire Texas. Justice was done.
Judge Roy Bean style. Texas heritage, jury style.
My sentiments exactly
That is probably the attitude of some of the jurors and possibly even the prosecutor.
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