re: Father (Not Guilty) of killing drunk driver who killed his sons.Update

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By law you can go to jail longer for selling a harmless substance than you can for sexually abusing or killing someone. So obviously some laws are a joke.

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You're too stupid to talk to. Please have the last word so we can move on.

I'm just catching the tail end of this argument, but if your posts are similar to this

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lol, protecting murderers and criminals is "civilized" now? Got it, thanks.

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then I'm going to assume you're not doing too well.

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So are you saying what I posted is untrue or do you disagree with it?

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It's misleading for starters. First offense dealing isn't going to get you 20 years on it's own.

And I disagree with your whole premise in this thread. What the dad did should not be tolerated in a civilized society.

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lol, protecting murderers and criminals is "civilized" now? Got it, thanks.

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We have a system in place where everyone is entitled to due process to determine guilt. At the time the driver was murdered there was purportedly no way to know that he was in fact guilty (i.e. there was no way to know that he was intoxicated).

The father lashed out at someone who really may not have been to blame for the accident at all. This is why we have a justice system in place. For all it's flaws it is better than going around and punishing who we think might probably be guilty. Or just shifting responsibility for our own actions onto other people which is what it seems like this father might have done.

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That's for courts to decide. At this point, we don't know, and we'll never know, what actually happened to cause the collision.

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Yeh we don't even know if the father killed him b/c he thought he was drunk. Based on some replies in this thread it wouldn't matter if he was sober.

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But killing someone kids due to negligence,

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by having them push a car down a country road at night? That's pretty fricking negligent.

Did you miss the part where the police said the father couldn't have been able to tell that the driver was intoxicated?

I'm not saying what this dad did is right, but I could see myself doing the same thing. Especially if both my kids were killed.

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CootKillaI'm not saying what this dad did is right, but I could see myself doing the same thing. Especially if both my kids were killed.

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I have an eleven year old girl and a twelve year old boy and I would never put them in that situation. The father was stupid. He should have just turned the pistol on himself if he wanted to punish someone.

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Our prisons are already too crowded. I support the dad.

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I'll ask again since none of you dummies will answer... What is the driver was sober?

And the father should be put in prison for child endangerment.

Bump - was just found not guilty as per The Houston Chronicle.

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ANGLETON, Texas - The jury returned a verdict Wednesday in the trial of a father accused of fatally shooting a drunken driver who killed his two young sons in a crash. David Barajas was found not guilty.

Both sides rested their cases Tuesday in a state district court in Angleton, with the defense calling just three witnesses. Barajas is accused of fatally shooting Jose Banda in December 2012 near Alvin, minutes after Banda hit a truck Barajas and his two sons were pushing after it ran out of gas. Twelve-year-old David Jr. and 11-year-old Caleb were killed.

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Not guilty