Our system is deeply broken.

he helped someone then 3 months later he killed someone?

I thought I read something a few years back that he was trying to use a variation of the gay panic defense for the killing (might have been a different case)...

Have to admit, the whole story of him being a "hero" seemed a little weird to begin with...I mean whose first instinct is to start hitting another person with a HATCHET? Pulling him off? Punching him to get him to release the woman? Hell even kicking him or something else to break up the attack....but a HATCHET?

Seems like he is at the end of a long road towards eventual conviction and incarceration. Nice face ink too...sure fire winning move there.

"Survival hatchets" are multi-use and fit in a backpack - handy for people on multi-day hikes or camping trips.



Not saying that excuses any crime, but I certainly would want to carry one of these for camping. I can't imagine anyone who would hitchhike extensively and not carry some kind of potential defense weapon, especially if it has multiple uses.

My first thought was more "how would I get someone off of a woman if they grabbed them in front of me" and my thoughts were more along the line of breaking them apart instead of smashing a human with an axe...but then again, I have never roamed free camping and hitching across country either, so not a familiar mindset at all for me.

Sounds like that guy was clearly off his nut.

per the OP headline.