In hindsight, I bet he regrets not choking the ****. Could always say he was trying to 'revive' him in a rescue attempt. I'd buy that for a dollar...
In hindsight, I bet he regrets not choking the ****. Could always say he was trying to 'revive' him in a rescue attempt. I'd buy that for a dollar...
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He apparently didn't live very far. I can see how this could be sold as a heat of passion defense if his dead sons were still at the scene, as well as the guy who just killed them.
The dad needs to be charged and tried by a jury of his peers. If that jury acquits or lets him off with a very light sentence, I'd be fine with that.
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Maybe he could just convince the jury he was performing a late term abortion?
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Impossible for me to forsee any scenario where the guy is acquitted ... unless the DA is a moron and doesn't give the jury alternative conviction options.If that jury acquits
This guy, what a murdering piece of s**** and a ****ty parent. He should have just made his wife murder those babies from the get go and he could have afforded a better ****ing truck to begin with.
I can understand the guy's anger but walking home to get the gun has pre-meditation written all over it.
I'm sure they will. The question is if they defense can sell that it still was. What would be the catharsis for the removal of the heat of passion? Would it disappear when he entered his house? When he left the scene? What if he lived two houses from the scene? It's not cut and dried, which is why it needs to be tried and decided by a jury. I'm no lawyer, but if they only conviction option is 1st degree murder, I think he could easily walk.
There's no "light sentence" for murder 1 (which this certainly seems to be). You get life with or without the chance of parole. I think a jury will have a hard time convicting him.
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Defending isn't really the right term, though. It seems that both Ersland and the dad were essentially dealing payback. That is why the jury had no sympathy for Ersland as he was dealing payback for the robbery, while the dad is dealing payback for the death of his children. That is the difference. It's a glaring difference, even if OOO can't see it.
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Ersland didn't have any dead children on the floor of the pharmacy.
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no, he had 2 dudes with guns trying to rob him.
Wow, the plot thickens. It was just released that the drunk driver was wearing a hoodie, so the shooter may have been justified.
BTW, if the driver were stoned, the boys would have just had a few scrapes and bruises.
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Typical Conservative to make any discussion focus on abortion.
In this case he gets both. He also gets blood on his hands that he is responcible for.
He was not defending the child. The child was already dead.
The law.
Legal Precedent.
You know there is a precedent that pertains to this case so specifically that you are certain there was legal premeditation...but you still have to research it?
Just an overall sad situation.
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I was in mental health hearings all afternoon, but really wanna read this thread. Before I do - has it already been ****ed over? If so, I'll dis move on.