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re: seth fontenot guilty of manslaughter
Posted on 3/25/15 at 3:52 pm to TutHillTiger
Posted on 3/25/15 at 3:52 pm to TutHillTiger
The kids never attempted to break in his truck. There were other unknown people who did break in his trucks multiple times before the children. Wan't to know why? Seth was selling adderall, and people would try to break in to steal it. Seth texted one of his friends in December 2012, "I swear I am going to kill someone the next time they try this" I am pretty biased to the kids in this situation, but Seth should not just walk a free man. I also do not believe he should, or will get first degree murder. He made just about the dumbest mistake one could make, but he is not a threat to society. That being said he did kill a 15 year old boy, and injured two others. Bad situation for everyone involved.
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Posted on 3/25/15 at 3:53 pm to yellowfin
quote:trashy
parked in my driveway
quote:i dont even know you anymore
my truck broken into 4 times
Posted on 3/25/15 at 3:54 pm to TigerHam85
On the other hand, if you shoot 3 otherwise good and normal kids driving down your street because you stupidly thought they were breaking into your truck, then you go to prison for along time.
That is why the jury will decide first if they thought they were the actual robbers. If so sympathy will go with Seth, if not it will go with the kids who were mistaken for robbers. The verdict will reflect this.
That is why the jury will decide first if they thought they were the actual robbers. If so sympathy will go with Seth, if not it will go with the kids who were mistaken for robbers. The verdict will reflect this.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 3:59 pm to Rouge
Dude try to fit a TAhoe and F-250 in a 2 vehicle garage 
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:00 pm to icegator337
He can most certainly be found guilty of the following lesser included crimes.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:02 pm to TutHillTiger
you can't kill someone for a property crime.
Not so fast my friend. You can in a lot of states now. That is the reason behind "Stand Your Ground" laws.
Not so fast my friend. You can in a lot of states now. That is the reason behind "Stand Your Ground" laws.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:02 pm to yellowfin
Time for you to upgrade to a 3-car garage type of neighborhood.
Or 4-car garages like Count
Or 4-car garages like Count
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:04 pm to Monk
quote:
as I understand it
You don't understand it
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:15 pm to TutHillTiger
quote:
you can't kill someone for a property crime
You should be able to; there'd be a lot less property crime that way.
This post was edited on 3/25/15 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:24 pm to TutHillTiger
quote:
you can't kill someone for a property crime. Not so fast my friend. You can in a lot of states now. That is the reason behind "Stand Your Ground" laws.
You keep stating that, but propery doesn't come into play with stand your ground. It simply means that you don't have a "duty to retreat" when faced with a threat.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:35 pm to G Vice
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:35 pm to LSU_2012
quote:
Wan't to know why? Seth was selling adderall
If they enforced this crime, every student at UL's campus would be in jail. This is just an attempt to trash his character. He's no drug dealer. Bad situation though, can't say that his life was in danger regardless of what the kids were doing however in Louisiana you have the right to protect your home and your truck is an extension of your home. Charges will depend on if the jury believes they were robbing his truck I think.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:36 pm to dnm3305
quote:
Oh really? Well then how will you prove he shot to kill?
Im assuming he just happened to be sitting outside with a loaded gun and just shot at the first car that passed by, completely unprovoked right?
I'm not assuming anything. Its the courts job to decide. Really a shitty situation all the way around
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:39 pm to nastynelly
quote:
You don't understand it
As it happens, I apparently understood it even better than I would have guessed. Even when charged with 1st degree murder, "every jury is instructed on the crimes of second-degree murder and manslaughter and permitted to consider those verdicts even if no evidence supports the lesser verdict; and if a lesser verdict is returned it is treated as a acquittal of all greater charges."
So, in short, the perp was charged in this situation with the lesser and included offenses per Louisiana law, which makes great sense.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:44 pm to MikeBRLA
quote:
You keep stating that, but propery doesn't come into play with stand your ground. It simply means that you don't have a "duty to retreat" when faced with a threat.
Exactly. Shooting at people fleeing in a vehicle, even if you had them on video stealing everything in your front yard, has zero to do with "stand your ground" laws.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:48 pm to tigerfanatic61
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robbing his truck
I don't know if any evidence has helped to establish this.
The boys said they were trying to sneak the deceased back home.
But driving slow and quietly by, as they claimed to be doing, can't be enough to wake up Seth, give him time to get his gun, and then go outside and confront them. Seems like something more than that would be necessary to get his attention at 1:30 am. Unless Seth was lying in wait for them, which it doesn't look like he was.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:59 pm to REB BEER
To everyone who thinks he deserves the harshest penalties possible, I hope hoodlums repeatedly break into your vehicles/dwellings and flee...and all you can do is sit there and watch them and twiddle your thumbs.
This country was founded upon principles; and one of them is the right to own and protect your property.
This country was founded upon principles; and one of them is the right to own and protect your property.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 4:59 pm to G Vice
How long does it usually take for jury's to deliberate in a case like this?
Posted on 3/25/15 at 5:04 pm to CM Tiger83
Until they reach a decision.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 5:16 pm to REB BEER
quote:
This country was founded upon principles; and one of them is the right to own and protect your property.
Where the hell do you live? The Middle East? Lunch mobs were outlawed a long time ago and we aren't far enough into the future for you to actually be Judge Dredd.
So I'll just assume you're ignorant of the law and move on.
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