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**tyme** · March 15, 2014, 03:24 PM

I have trouble believing pure defense-of-another motives of the husband in the Robertson case, and the father in this illicit teen romance case.

I don't think it takes a Sherlock Holmes or more than a moment's worth of thought for someone stumbling on either scene to figure them out. In the first one, a claim of rape in a vehicle in the driveway... has any rapist driven up to a house, kidnapped a woman, and raped them in a car in the victim's own driveway? In the second case, a 16 year old claiming that a 17 year old in her bedroom at 2AM is an intruder rather than a boyfriend... the boy, presumably, not exactly wearing a hoodie and sagging jeans?

There may not have been an outright vengeance motive in either case, but willful blindness as to what was going on, because neither of the shooters wanted to believe it, is just as bad, with the same consequences. As to legal consequences, that's up to a jury after seeing far more evidence than we have.

March 15, 2014, 03:24 PM	#22
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Posts: 3,355	I have trouble believing pure defense-of-another motives of the husband in the Robertson case, and the father in this illicit teen romance case. I don't think it takes a Sherlock Holmes or more than a moment's worth of thought for someone stumbling on either scene to figure them out. In the first one, a claim of rape in a vehicle in the driveway... has any rapist driven up to a house, kidnapped a woman, and raped them in a car in the victim's own driveway? In the second case, a 16 year old claiming that a 17 year old in her bedroom at 2AM is an intruder rather than a boyfriend... the boy, presumably, not exactly wearing a hoodie and sagging jeans? There may not have been an outright vengeance motive in either case, but willful blindness as to what was going on, because neither of the shooters wanted to believe it, is just as bad, with the same consequences. As to legal consequences, that's up to a jury after seeing far more evidence than we have. __________________ “The egg hatched...” “...the egg hatched... and a hundred baby spiders came out...” (blade runner) “Who are you?” “A friend. I'm here to prevent you from making a mistake.” “You have no idea what I'm doing here, friend.” “In specific terms, no, but I swore an oath to protect the world...” (continuum) “It's a goal you won't understand until later. Your job is to make sure he doesn't achieve the goal.” (bsg) Last edited by tyme; March 15, 2014 at 04:13 PM.