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"Houston dad shoots, kills boy found inside daughter's bedroom"
This case has me torn.
Man shoots another because he believes there was a rape - turns out the girl, his daughter, lied.
Yes - we don't have all the information - and what we have from the news could be incorrect.
In false rape claims, I thing the person who made the false claim needs to be punished equal to what the other person was or would have been sentenced to. [1]
Because of the lie, will Dad now be subject to murder charges, or man-slaughter, or still could this be justifiable homicide?
Should the girl also be charged that way - much like the driver gets charged if he brings someone to a location where they commit murder?
If the daughter and boyfriend were at some other location - down by the lake say, then the dad's case could be weaker - but I could see this still being justifiable. If the boy is not with the girl when the dad shoots him, then the case for justifiable homicide gets very weak, I think.
I get that if you find someone in your domicile you can defend yourself and your loved ones - with deadly force. However in this case, the boy was allowed to be there, a resident had invited them in.
Right now, I think the dad will not be charged - but will face civil charges. He believed his daughter was being attacked and harmed. Any "castle doctrine" would not come into play.
But I think the daughter needs to be charged with something - her lie led to the death of another.
I am not finding sources other than the FoxNews report - and some blogs which point back to the same story. If you see any other reports, I'd appreciate if you'd post the urls.
[1] sorry for the "other person" wording but - women can rape men, other women, men rape other men or women; and don't start on all those other possible gender cases ...
This case has me torn.
Man shoots another because he believes there was a rape - turns out the girl, his daughter, lied.
Yes - we don't have all the information - and what we have from the news could be incorrect.
The father, who was not identified, was notified by one of his children that there was someone in his 16-year-old daughter's room, the report said. He reportedly found his daughter in bed with the teen.
The confrontation occurred around 2:20 a.m. The father had a gun and asked the teen to identify himself, police said, according to the report. His daughter reportedly told her father that she did not know the teen and that the two were not in bed.
The father said he told the teen not to move, but reportedly saw the teen reach for something, at which point police say the father opened fire. The teen did not have a gun. His daughter later confessed that she did indeed know the teen, the report said.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/1...daughters-room-report-says/?intcmp=latestnews
In false rape claims, I thing the person who made the false claim needs to be punished equal to what the other person was or would have been sentenced to. [1]
Because of the lie, will Dad now be subject to murder charges, or man-slaughter, or still could this be justifiable homicide?
Should the girl also be charged that way - much like the driver gets charged if he brings someone to a location where they commit murder?
If the daughter and boyfriend were at some other location - down by the lake say, then the dad's case could be weaker - but I could see this still being justifiable. If the boy is not with the girl when the dad shoots him, then the case for justifiable homicide gets very weak, I think.
I get that if you find someone in your domicile you can defend yourself and your loved ones - with deadly force. However in this case, the boy was allowed to be there, a resident had invited them in.
Right now, I think the dad will not be charged - but will face civil charges. He believed his daughter was being attacked and harmed. Any "castle doctrine" would not come into play.
But I think the daughter needs to be charged with something - her lie led to the death of another.
I am not finding sources other than the FoxNews report - and some blogs which point back to the same story. If you see any other reports, I'd appreciate if you'd post the urls.
[1] sorry for the "other person" wording but - women can rape men, other women, men rape other men or women; and don't start on all those other possible gender cases ...
