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backscatter712

(26,355 posts) Wed Jun 20, 2012, 06:39 PM Jun 2012

Father who killed man he caught raping his 5-year-old daughter will not be charged.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18522383

No charge for Texas dad who killed daughter's rapist

A US father who found his five-year-old daughter being raped, then beat the attacker to death will not be charged, prosecutors have said.

The 23-year-old man told police he found the girl being assaulted on Saturday 9 June by Jesus Mora Flores in a rural part of southern Texas.

A grand jury has declined to indict the man, finding that he was allowed to use deadly force to protect his daughter.

The father has not been named to protect the identity of his daughter.

The Lavaca County district attorney and sheriff announced the man would not face charges, as they held a news conference on Tuesday.

Good. Sounds like we have some common sense here.

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Father who killed man he caught raping his 5-year-old daughter will not be charged. (Original Post) backscatter712 Jun 2012 OP

Good. LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #1

So say we all. backscatter712 Jun 2012 #3

There was a case in Southern Cal back in the early nineties rufus dog Jun 2012 #2

Nice! Put that molester out of circulation for a while! backscatter712 Jun 2012 #4

I wouldn't have indicted him either. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #5

I think it's a legitimate case of lawful defensive use of force. backscatter712 Jun 2012 #6

More importantly, I think, he called 911 Robb Jun 2012 #7

His family tried to do CPR on the guy and tried to load him in a truck to get him to the hospital. backscatter712 Jun 2012 #8

You're correct, although I'd hesitate to characterize fists as "non lethal." TheWraith Jun 2012 #10

I think the guy was normal sized, not a big guy. And he didn't intend to kill the perv. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #13

True. My point is simply that fists can be deadly. TheWraith Jun 2012 #14

Father of the year, if you ask me. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #9

This is a different SYG law KansDem Jun 2012 #11

Clever! Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #12

LiberalLoner

(9,762 posts)

1. Good.

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 06:41 PM

Jun 2012

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

3. So say we all.

Reply to LiberalLoner (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 06:53 PM

Jun 2012

Scumbag tries to rape child. Scumbag gets caught. Scumbag gets killed. Good fucking riddance!

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)

2. There was a case in Southern Cal back in the early nineties

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 06:48 PM

Jun 2012

A guy in OC heard something at about 11 happening in his nine year olds bedroom. Turns out a loser was trying to abuse his daughter. They interview him the next night on the news, big dude, probably 250 lbs., mostly muscle. He calmly explains what happened and said he was able to capture the offender. The reporter ends the segment stating the offender is being held in the County Medical unit. Turns out the Dad catches the guy, picks him up and tosses him from the second floor to the first floor (wood floors) breaking the guys legs and pelvis.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

4. Nice! Put that molester out of circulation for a while!

Reply to rufus dog (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 06:59 PM

Jun 2012

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

5. I wouldn't have indicted him either.

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 07:01 PM

Jun 2012

There are some things that are so heinous that you have to excuse any action to stop those acts, including killing the perpetrator.

I don't think anything disgusts me more than sexual predators of children.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

6. I think it's a legitimate case of lawful defensive use of force.

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 07:07 PM

Jun 2012

The father didn't just think the dead man was a molester, he literally caught him in the act. He caught the molester forcing himself on his daughter, with his pants around his ankles, and did what any father would do - punched the hell out of him. The dad got in a lucky shot, brained the molester and killed him. It probably happened so quick the father didn't know what he just did until after it was over.

In every state, defensive use of force is legal, and this father used what is usually non-lethal force - his fists. He just landed a freak blow that turned out to be lethal. And he landed that blow in a situation where his daughter was being sexually assaulted with violent force. Justifiable homicide.

Robb

(39,665 posts)

7. More importantly, I think, he called 911

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 07:08 PM

Jun 2012

...to try to keep the guy from dying.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

8. His family tried to do CPR on the guy and tried to load him in a truck to get him to the hospital.

Reply to Robb (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 07:12 PM

Jun 2012

He's in the clear.

TheWraith

(24,331 posts)

10. You're correct, although I'd hesitate to characterize fists as "non lethal."

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 07:18 PM

Jun 2012

Fists and feet are used in twice as many murders as rifles.

That said, even if the force was expressly intended to be lethal, his actions would still have been considered justifiable, as each state authorizes lethal force to interrupt a "forcible felony," the definition of which usually includes rape, sexual assault, or both.