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Texan killed friend over last beer
Reuters ^
| 12-5-02
Posted on 12/05/2002 5:14:22 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
BANDERA, Texas (Reuters) - A jury has handed a life prison sentence to a Texas man who shot and killed a longtime friend he accused of drinking the last beer in his refrigerator.
Jurors deliberated for less than two hours on Thursday before passing the sentence on Steven Brasher, 42, for the murder of Willie Lawson, 39, on November 5 last year.
"There was only two beers left, so I took one, and I told Willie not to take my last beer," Brasher said in a taped statement that was played during the trial.
Testimony showed Brasher shot Lawson in the head with a pistol after the two began arguing over the missing beer. Brasher maintained the shooting was an accident.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: beer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Hold muh hot lead in yore body" alert!
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posted on
12/05/2002 5:15:49 PM PST
by
Illbay
To: Illbay
Hey, Steve toad him not to take his last beer.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What brand of beer?
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posted on
12/05/2002 5:17:17 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Your best friend is your best friend, but a beer is a beer.
5
posted on
12/05/2002 5:18:14 PM PST
by
VadeRetro
To: mdittmar
Lone Star, of course.
6
posted on
12/05/2002 5:19:08 PM PST
by
dtel
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Need a "Hold my last beer****BANG****" alert on this one.
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posted on
12/05/2002 5:19:31 PM PST
by
lelio
To: mdittmar
What brand of beer? Bud Life
To: Oldeconomybuyer
"I told Willie not to take my last beer""And when he called me a cheese eating surrender monkey...well I just snapped."
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posted on
12/05/2002 5:21:54 PM PST
by
amused
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Hey quick "Hold this beer" alert.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Hey.! Man's gotta draw the line somewhere. Tough call. I mean geeez The "LAST Beer.?
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posted on
12/05/2002 5:22:32 PM PST
by
Pompah
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The article doesn't say what kind of beer it was. That's an important factor.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
after the two began arguing over the missing beer
I sense a coverup. Perhaps Willie didn't take the last beer and Stephen made up this story as, you know, it was his last beer and he said not to touch it.
No beer! No Justice!
13
posted on
12/05/2002 5:23:56 PM PST
by
lelio
To: Oldeconomybuyer
In Texas? Gotta get a change of venue on this one. Maybe Utah?
14
posted on
12/05/2002 5:24:09 PM PST
by
Mark
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The dead man's shirt.
17
posted on
12/05/2002 5:26:50 PM PST
by
South40
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I would venture to say that this guy will not be getting any beer in prison.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
In Heaven there is no beer
That's why we drink it here
And when we're all gone from here
Our friends will be drinking all the beer.
In Heaven there is no wine
So we drink till we feel fine
And when we leave this all behind
Our friends will be drinking all the wine.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Gosh, thanks for the article. I didn't even know this was illegal down here.
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posted on
12/05/2002 5:32:39 PM PST
by
the_doc
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