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Re: Attempted Tractor Theft
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Posted by Mike (WA) on January 16, 2007 at 08:56:51 from (69.10.197.227):
In Reply to: Attempted Tractor Theft posted by sammy the RED on January 14, 2007 at 20:28:24:
We're starting to see a backlash against the "criminal's rights" types, at least in the rural areas. A fellow here had been ripped off several times on a remote farm, so decided to start staying up there at night- sure enough, here comes tweaker, looking for more stuff to sell for the next round of injections. Guy fires a "warning shot", right through the perp's head. Deader'n a mackeral. Local prosecutor charged him with manslaughter, his defense was that he was trying to fire over the guys head in the dark, was it was just an unlucky bad shot. The guy was quite a ways away, so it was either a lucky or an unlucky shot, depending on your politics. Jury acquitted him almost before they got to the jury room. One juror, with just a hint of a smile, explained that they couldn't see sending a man to prison for being a poor shot.
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