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15. Does he have a history of this heinous crime?

Reply to WVU (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2013, 05:33 PM

Jul 2013

Has he served time for it? Was he actually in the process of molesting a child?

If so, then I would have a hard time convicting the person who rid this world of this particular vermin.

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Kentucky man kills pedophile with a single punch. [View all] WVU Jul 2013 OP

Do you have a link, or is this a hypothetical? nt MADem Jul 2013 #1

Fixed it. WVU Jul 2013 #3

Is there a link to the story? upaloopa Jul 2013 #2

Manslaughter seems an appropriate charge. We don't know enough cali Jul 2013 #4

If we don't know enough, then isn't a manslaughter charge (or any charge) inappropriate? AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #12

No. There's enough information about what transpired (assuming the article is accurate) cali Jul 2013 #14

If so, the prosecutor would have already filed such charges. He is punting it to the grand AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #20

+1 Kurovski Jul 2013 #13

If I am on the jury, and these are the facts of the case.... MADem Jul 2013 #5

If these are the facts of the case and I was a juror bike man Jul 2013 #11

Witnesses say the motions were not agressive. nt NoGOPZone Jul 2013 #25

I think that he was trying to make a citizen's arrest and that the killing was accidental. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #6

True enough. WVU Jul 2013 #7

You would have to know the circumstances. kentuck Jul 2013 #8

If Bailey's criminal record comes out... NaturalHigh Jul 2013 #9

Morton didn't know who the guy was. He just assaulted some stranger. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2013 #18

According to the reporter. Reporters have been wrong before. Also, this reporter wasn't under oath. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #26

Free mutton for life. MrSlayer Jul 2013 #10

Does he have a history of this heinous crime? premium Jul 2013 #15

Manslaughter dballance Jul 2013 #16

The killer did not know the victim was a sex offender. The offender was not in the act of offending Shrike47 Jul 2013 #17

i didn't go to the link but he OP made it sound like the person was sexually molesting a child when JI7 Jul 2013 #24

I agree. And yes, evidently the killer had a prior domestic assault conviction. nt DLevine Jul 2013 #27

Gee, I hope whoever I assault and kill turns out to be a bad apple. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2013 #19

If you assault someone, I hope so too. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #22

manslaughter at a minimum bowens43 Jul 2013 #21

That's the minimum? How about disturbing the peace? AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #23