BamaD
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This doesn't make him right which I have stated on at least half the pages of this thread but if you can get past he had a gun so he deserves to die you have to at least consider that manslaughter is more appropriate than murder. I OWN a gun. I dont think he deserves to die because he had one... nor because he defended his property with one. However, I do think he was incredibly reckless for shooting into the ground at peoples' feet. I do think he was in a snit of anger and no one was going to tell him what to do. I do think he was fed up with people along the river.... but why buy property there since its a known problem. People cannot hide behind a firearm to do any ole thing they want simply because they can. quote:
Mitigating circumstances means things that will lessen the charges, not things that will get him off. Do you want him to walk because he is overcharged? Or would you prefer a slam dunk manslaughter charge? James Crocker, 59, of Steelville, is charged with second-degree murder. He is in the Crawford County Jail on a $650,000 cash-only bond. This is the initial charge. It may change. However, the following is the Missouri code Second degree murder, penalty. 565.021. 1. A person commits the crime of murder in the second degree if he: (1) Knowingly causes the death of another person or, with the purpose of causing serious physical injury to another person, causes the death of another person; or (2) Commits or attempts to commit any felony, and, in the perpetration or the attempted perpetration of such felony or in the flight from the perpetration or attempted perpetration of such felony, another person is killed as a result of the perpetration or attempted perpetration of such felony or immediate flight from the perpetration of such felony or attempted perpetration of such felony. 2. Murder in the second degree is a class A felony, and the punishment for second degree murder shall be in addition to the punishment for commission of a related felony or attempted felony, other than murder or manslaughter. 3. Notwithstanding section 556.046 and section 565.025, in any charge of murder in the second degree, the jury shall be instructed on, or, in a jury-waived trial, the judge shall consider, any and all of the subdivisions in subsection 1 of this section which are supported by the evidence and requested by one of the parties or the court. http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/c500-599/5650000021.htm Sorry but not one word of that disagrees with my position. He may have had the property before it became a problem. If not I doubt that the real estate agent told him. I know you personally don't think he deserved to die but others on here do, most specifically Domken.
< Message edited by BamaD -- 7/27/2013 1:45:01 PM >
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