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In reply to the discussion: Father kills man sexually abusing his daughter, Father is remorseful (Internet celebrates) [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)that would find this man guilty, so the law is a moot point here. Also, I seriously doubt that any DA would even charge the man, so again, the law is a moot point.
He was defending his child. He is remorseful that he killed the man. Here's a different question - what would you think of a man that DIDN'T attempt to defend his child when she was being sexually assaulted?
The story doesn't say that he repeatedly beat the hell out of the man - it just says that he accidentally killed the man when he caught him sexually assaulting his daughter.
Do you have children? The most dangerous person in the world is a parent protecting their children. It's instinctual. I think you are espousing a standard that would be very difficult for anyone to live up to, and until you have been in that situation personally, I honestly think you don't know HOW you would react. It's easy to play armchair psychologist after the fact.