Posted on 08/27/2014 2:42:00 PM PDT by Ben Mugged
David Barajas was acquitted Wednesday over charges that he shot and killed a drunk driver who had earlier hit and killed his two sons.
Barajas was on trial for fatally shooting Jose Banda, who drove into Barajas and his 11-and-12-year-old sons while they were pushing a truck that had run out of gas. Barajas survived the incident, but his two young boys were killed. The prosecutors in the case said Barajas went home to get a gun and returned to shoot and kill Banda, the Associated Press reports.
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That's only for the jury to say. If, and when you serve on a case, then you get to decide.
This jury decided this man should not be convicted of the crime for which he was charged.
Indeed.
If its in Texas, it is.
That goes for everywhere they live.They don’t give a sh!t and the local munis love the money from dui fines.
A fine example of jury-nullification.
The case wasn't complicated at all, it wasn't even hardly a case at all...
No witnesses
No gun
No ballistics to match
NO GSR
How do they know the type of holster the gun went into that shot the dirtbag was if they never recovered the gun...?
It wasn't that long ago, he guy would have been questioned and released with a thank you...
What else was he supposed to do?
Seems justice was served and saved taxpayers a boat load of pesos...
Fully Informed Jury Association http://fija.org/
Interesting twist to the story. The brother of the man who was shot claimed he was found on the *passenger* side of the car, so he may not have been driving.
Importantly, there was no mention of forensic evidence about the car, like if the decedent’s fingerprints were on the wheel or keys; if he was shot in the car, and from what angle; and what his blood alcohol level was.
Careful with that, God Bless You stuff, you’ll lose a point on your grade in Chemistry.
Or he may have already been shot, and the real driver got away.
Agreed!
“How do they know the type of holster the gun went into that shot the dirtbag was if they never recovered the gun...?”
Projectile. It’s not voodoo, just simple gun facts. A recovered bullet alone can give you caliber, manufacturer, and depending on circumstances can point you to a specific model of firearm. Case in point, .357 Magnum fired out of a barrel cut for 1:18.75 RH rifling with six grooves? How about with 5 grooves? Borach cut? 9mm with 6 groove polygonal and a 1:9.84 RH twist? 9mm with 1:18.75?
Rate, direction, number of grooves, type of cut, caliber, those facts alone can point you to something as specific as a given model of Dan Wesson, S&W, Glock, etc.
Beyond that, depending on the size and exact configuration of lands and grooves, it’s possible in some cases to tie a projectile to a specific serial number range of a given brand and model. At times a given manufacturer with a relatively unique rate, direction, groove number and cut might have undergone tooling or process changes that resulted in obvious dimensional changes in their rifling that characterize, for example, early, mid, and late manufacture of a given model.
— Broach cut, not Borach.
The word Borach is kind like Borax.
The word Broach is kinda like Roach.
Borax kills roaches.
Good for the jury.
Jury nullification is the foundation of justice.
But these jurors had better watch their backs; the system is a rabid wolf.
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You should have your typing fingers amputated with a sledge hammer.
Drunk drivers try to get away with the claim they weren't driving. Long ago when my oldest was a toddler, I heard a loud bang outside and immediately went to look, my child in my arms. A few houses down the street, a car had slammed into the rear of a parked truck. Skip to the cops investigating, and a smart cop going around to bystanders asking for witnesses.
I told him I observed a 2nd car following, with a woman getting out to help the sole driver in the car that crashed (he was drunk). Cop asked me if I would sign my statement. He told me the woman said she was the driver. I looked at my daughter, and thought what if the drunk driver had hit her or other kids. I signed my name. When the cop showed the two accident "victims" my statement, they confessed the drunk man was driving after they left a bar.
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