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Murderer Gets Off Scot-Free After Killing An Escort For Refusing Sex

In Texas, property is more important than human life.

That was proved this week when a man who shot and murdered an escort in San Antonio, Texas, was acquitted of her murder. Ezekiel Gilbert, 30, was facing life in prison in the 2009 Christmas Eve shooting of 23-year-old mother Lenora Frago. Frago was shot in the back and the neck by Gilbert, spent seven months dependent of life support and, finally, died of complications due to the gun shots.

In his trial, Gilbert testified that he found her ad on Craigslist and hired her at a rate of $150 for 30 minutes. His understanding was that sex was part of the deal. When she left after 30 minutes and no sex, he shot her as she was getting in to her driver’s car, in what the defense said was his legal right under Texas penal code statute 9.42. This law says that deadly force is justified in the event of a nighttime theft. Gilbert’s defense claims that refusing to have sex with Gilbert or refund the money was theft, thus making the use of force legal.

Despite the argument from the prosecution that the law doesn’t allow for a person to force someone into an illegal act, like prostitution, the jury decided that a theft had, in fact, been committed and the murder of a young woman was justifiable homicide. It’s interesting to note that Gilbert never mentioned theft in the police interview conducted in the aftermath of the shooting.



Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/0...rder-an-escort-who-refuses-sex/#ixzz2VXZrhRcf
 
^the killing aside, when you pay an escort are you not implicitly paying for sex? I thought this was understood.
 
^you can't take that for granted. the term "escort" may mean prostitute, or it could be literal (like a geisha).
 
23536 said:
His understanding was that sex was part of the deal. When she left after 30 minutes and no sex, he shot her as she was getting in to her driver’s car, in what the defense said was his legal right under Texas penal code statute 9.42. This law says that deadly force is justified in the event of a nighttime theft. Gilbert’s defense claims that refusing to have sex with Gilbert or refund the money was theft, thus making the use of force legal.
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I'm not understanding the logic here. Was the denial of service an act of theft or was the prostitute legal property within the 30 minutes? In the former case, wouldn't this be a breach of verbal contract and would have to be taken up in court instead of treated as property crime? Obviously a prostitute can't be legal property for several reasons.

In any case... wtf?
 
Bardeaux said:
I'm not understanding the logic here. Was the denial of service an act of theft or was the prostitute legal property within the 30 minutes?
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It seems the "theft" was the $150 she took from him.

During closing arguments Tuesday, Gilbert's defense team conceded the shooting did occur but said the intent wasn't to kill. Gilbert's actions were justified, they argued, because he was trying to retrieve stolen property: the $150 he paid Frago. It became theft when she refused to have sex with him or give the money back, they said.

Gilbert testified earlier Tuesday that he had found Frago's escort ad on Craigslist and believed sex was included in her $150 fee. But instead, Frago walked around his apartment and after about 20 minutes left, saying she had to give the money to her driver, he said.

That driver, the defense contended, was Frago's pimp and her partner in the theft scheme.

The Texas law that allows people to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft was put in place for “law-abiding” citizens, prosecutors Matt Lovell and Jessica Schulze countered. It's not intended for someone trying to force another person into an illegal act such as prostitution, they argued.
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- Some Texas Newspaper

That's still pretty wack.
 
L2R said:
^you can't take that for granted. the term "escort" may mean prostitute, or it could be literal (like a geisha).
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And you're sure this isn't just an Australian thing?

I've never hired an escort, but I had always assumed that the term was used for legal cover.
 
L2R said:
^you can't take that for granted. the term "escort" may mean prostitute, or it could be literal (like a geisha).
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Well, pre-1960s Geisha engaged in at least one act of prostitution. Their "Coming of age ceremony" (aka 'Mizuage') consisted of a man buying the rights to take a Geisha's virginity. After that a Geisha could choose to refuse sex acts with patrons, but those who put out tended to make more money. Really, there are legitimate arguments to be made that the Geishas were, or were not, prostitutes. Nowadays of course the Geisha profession is all about female companionship (without sex), but the Japanese sex industry has found other ways to thrive, like Blowjob Bars and Sex Hotels.

I guess I'm not really arguing with you so much as showing off things I've learned from Wikipedia.
 
Santa Monica gunman details emerge:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Santa Monica, Calif., said that a suspected gunman carried the following weapons, ammunition and equipment during Friday's rampage that left four people dead and several others wounded. The items were found at several crime scenes and many were displayed at a news conference on Saturday.

— AR-15 assault-style rifle.

— Spare upper receiver for an assault-style rifle.

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Okay, can someone clue me in why you'd carry a spare upper receiver during a shooting spree?
 
I put this in with the trivial news because it's limited in scope, but to me it is an abomination:

Cop cleared of wrongdoing after shooting kittens in front of screaming kids

http://rt.com/usa/cop-accorti-kittens-shooting-669/

An Ohio policeman shot to death a litter of kittens on Wednesday, telling a group of screaming children that the animals would be going to “kitty heaven”. But instead of firing the officer, the local police department cleared him of any wrongdoing.

Humane Officer Barry Accorti was responding to a report of a litter of feral cats that were located in the woodpile of a home in North Ridgeville on June 10. The resident who made the call said the cats were bringing fleas to the home and leaving dead wildlife in her backyard. Twenty minutes after the call was made, the officer arrived at the scene. After spotting the five kittens, he told the resident’s distressed children that the cats would be going to heaven. Shortly thereafter, he took a gun from his vehicle and shot the animals to death.

“He informed [the resident] that shelters were full and that these cats would be going to kitty heaven,” Ohio SPCA Director Teresa Landon told the Cleveland Sun News. “She assumed he would be trapping them or something and taking them to a shelter and they would be humanely euthanized if they were not adopted.”

Initially, the woman who made the call assumed that the gun was a tranquilizer. But to her surprise, the 8-to-10 week-old kittens were shot dead, just 15 feet from the back door to her house.

“She was very distraught when this happened,” Landon said. “He started shooting them right in front of her. Her children were upstairs in view of the windows. They started screaming and crying because they heard the gunshots. They started screaming, ‘Mommy, he’s killing the kittens.’”

The homeowner’s four children are all between the ages of 5 months and 7 years.

Landon told the Sun News that the incident is heartbreaking and inexcusable, and that a humane officer should never resort to using a weapon unless the animal is in severe pain or attacking the officer.

Landon said that Accorti should be fired and charged with animal cruelty. But instead, Police Chief Mike Freeman cleared the officer of any wrongdoings and concluded that his actions were appropriate.

“After visiting the scene, talking with the responding officer and re-interviewing the complainant, I have decided his actions were appropriate and have decided not to impose any disciplinary measures for the incident,” Freeman wrote in a press release, describing the cats as having been “euthanized”. He also stated that research and animal organizations perceive shooting as a humane form of euthanasia. But Landon still believes the officer should be prosecuted

“The kittens were just sitting there,” she told The Morning Journal. “They didn’t have to die. They were only 10 months old at most and they still could have been socialized.”

http://rt.com/usa/cop-accorti-kittens-shooting-669/
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^ What that clearly-liberal journalist forgot to mention was that those kittens were hostile and tried to attack the officer. He was just defending himself.
 
Tennessee official warns that complaining about dirty water could be considered terrorism

A Tennessee state official reportedly told residents who were concerned about dirty drinking water that complaining about water quality could be considered "an act of terrorism."

The controversial comment was made by Sherwin Smith, the deputy director of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's (TDEC) Division Of Water Resources, during a May 29 meeting organized by Tennessee state Rep. Sheila Butt (R-Columbia).

"You need to make sure that when you make water quality complaints you have basis," Smith said, according to audio obtained by Statewide Organizing For Community eMpowerment (SOCM), a Knoxville-based civic action group. "Because federally, if there's no water quality issues, that can be considered, under Homeland Security, an act of terrorism."

cont. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/22/sherwin-smith-tennessee-terrorism_n_3480930.html
 
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....and the home of the brave.
 
terrorism is not funny



unless it involves a clown.
/should be a tshirthell tshirt
 
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